Simply liberal as in "liberal democracy", which I'm using in the normal way, since the argument goes that that's the system and the general state of things that

Simply liberal as in "liberal democracy", which I'm using in the normal way, since the argument goes that that's the system and the general state of things that the 2nd amendment is vital to preserving. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism Again, I'm actually open to other forms of argument for gun ownership, and despite how my posts here have probably looked I consider measures to limit private firearms ownership unimportant, at best—I just don't find the particular position that they're extremely important to the preservation of liberal democracy such that one might reason "of course Australia is turning authoritarian—if more people there could legally own guns, that wouldn't be happening", compelling.