Random off-topic comment here: the traditional meaning of "liberal" is that you do not want regulation.

Being socially liberal means you do not want religion and  tradition to tell you how you should behave socially (sexuality, marriage, religion and so on).

Being financially liberal means you do not want the State telling you how to spend your money.

So liberalism is the ideology of less control.

Strangely though this does not apply to guns.

When you say you're a liberal in the context of gun control, it means you want State control of guns.

Just a random observation.