If You Need a Lesson in the Value of Gun Rights, Just Look at Iran

A temporary memorial mourning the thousands of Iranian protesters killed amid the deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. (Photo by Ron Adar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

It’s estimated that Iranian police, military and paramilitary forces have murdered more than 36,000 unarmed citizens in the past few months. No one will know the actual number until after the current regime falls. 

Some of the victims were simply protesting. Others were murdered because they were caught outside, so their killings were convenient for the government’s henchmen.  

Not a single member of the Iranian police, military or paramilitary forces has been arrested much less charged for even one of the 36,000 killings…not one. 

The current Iranian regime — those who are still alive — has said very little about the thousands of deaths, but everyone knows the reason. Thirty-six thousand Iranians were murdered simply to make a sick point: Obey the current government or you’ll be shot in the street like a dog.  

Iran has no real constitution, much less anything even close to our Second Amendment, so the victims had no chance of fighting back. Personal firearms were seized by the government decades ago. As a result, the Iranian people were unarmed sheep up against the government’s heavily armed wolves. They stood no chance despite their valor and the righteousness of their cause. 

These reprehensible killings can be difficult for many Americans to understand, especially those who don’t fully understand the protections brought by our Second Amendment. 

As it stands now in free states, the government can’t order you to turn in your guns and trust that nothing bad will ever happen. This would never happen in Florida, Texas, Mississippi or any other free state, right? 

Unfortunately, an anti-gun cancer is spreading across the country, especially in states that were never thought susceptible. Virginia Democrats just sent a massive collection of anti-gun bills to their governor, but the authors exempted themselves from any legal issues. 

“The provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the General Assembly,” they wrote, ensuring that Democratic lawmakers don’t lose their Second Amendment rights.

Other bright-blue states are following suit. Look at their unconstitutional bills. Almost every single one bans the one weapon and its accessories that gives its owner a fighting chance to defend themselves and their family—the ArmaLite Rifle or AR. 

The left’s leadership is solely responsible for all of these unconstitutional bills. They want us spending time and money fighting against legislation that was clearly unconstitutional when it was written, much less signed into law. It’s better that, they believe, than proposing our own pro-gun bills. They don’t care that millions of law-abiding gun owners will become criminals—in some states even felons—once the bills become law. 

Our Second Amendment protections have been in place for more than 238 years, but anti-gun politicians simply do not care. It remains the only amendment treated with such blatant disrespect by elected officials who took an oath to support and defend the entire Constitution. 

I can’t help but wonder what just one of the 36,000 Iranians would say about our current saga, if one of them were still alive. I am pretty confident they would support an individual’s right to keep and bear arms regardless of their political beliefs, because it provides the ability to defend oneself against tyranny in any form, especially from illegitimate politicians who would knowingly arrest or endanger their own constituents if that’s what their political party tells them to do. 

 

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13 thoughts on “If You Need a Lesson in the Value of Gun Rights, Just Look at Iran”

  1. The obvious takeaway is that politicians constantly pushing to strip our rights want to be the ones gunning tens of thousands us down in streets.

  2. .40 cal Booger

    The State That Does Not Want the Supreme Court to Hear This Case.

    “We found this case by accident, mentioned it one time briefly on a video, and the wildfire took off from there. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses again, the matter of Garnder v, Maryland, one of the most compelling set of facts for why concealed carry rights should never end at a state’s border, especially for someone like Ms. Gardner. Her pro bono petition to the United States Supreme Court was not being taken seriously by the State of Maryland, until the Supreme Court started taking it seriously. But now that the State has finally graced us with their response brief, we find that Maryland really does not want the Supreme Court to hear this matter.”

    ht* tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nsc2yM3E7k

  3. .40 cal Booger

    Left winger FAFO: Don’t Walk, Run! Productions – Starbucks Union Members F***ed Around and Found Out!

    ht* tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hul6ae0gOHE

  4. .40 cal Booger

    The Iranian People WILL Overthrow Their Government, Even Though the Iraqis Couldn’t, Because…



    Speaking on Fox News Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Show, Trump said security forces loyal to the Islamic Republic routinely shoot demonstrators in the streets, making it difficult for unarmed civilians to challenge the regime despite growing pressure from the ongoing conflict.

    ‘They literally have people in the streets with machine guns, machine-gunning people down if they want to protest,’ Trump said, referring to Iran’s security forces. ‘That’s a pretty big hurdle to climb for people that don’t have weapons.’

    Trump said that while change inside Iran will eventually happen, it is unlikely to occur quickly under such conditions.

    ‘It’ll happen,’ he said, ‘but it probably will be — maybe not immediately.’

    […]

    More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during a two-day crackdown on nationwide protests on January 8–9.
    …”

    ht* tps://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/03/17/the-iranian-people-will-overthrow-their-government-even-though-the-iraqis-couldnt-because-n4950760

    [note: now you know why the far left wing and their democrat politicians and their anti-gun groups want to disarm American citizens. The far left wing has over run and now dominates the democrat party, they welcome and want a marx-ist soci-list regime infused with Islamic sharia law – its is a stated goal, overall, of the leading far left wing groups and they were trying to achieve it by invading the country with illegal immigrants to build a voter base that would vote democrat to place them in power to bring this about. We saw it started with the Biden tyranny, cackling Kamala in her word salads hinted at continuing it and even more of it, and they started trying to transform the military into a DEI hell hole for patriots to force them out and place far left wing DEI ideology as a central core of troop mandates and training to attract and build a dominate far left wing command structure and troop concentration that would be loyal to their marx-ist soci-list regime infused with Islamic sharia law. It got derailed when Trump won his second term and he started dismantling the parts and foundations they had already built. A far left wing dominated democrat party marx-ist soci-list regime infused with Islamic sharia law would do this same thing to American citizens who protested them as Iran did to its citizens, and that’s why they want do away with the 2A and disarm American citizens, to make it easier to kill you if you push back against their over throw of the United States.]

  5. .40 cal Booger

    Examples: Gun Control Season Is Here. Expect Gun Control Advocates to Ignore These Stories of Armed Self-Defense.



    Most of these defensive gun uses don’t even require the victim to fire the gun to successfully deter violence. Only a small percentage make it into a police report, much less generate national headlines. Consider the following ‘newsworthy’ defensive gun uses from last month that most people probably missed:

    ⁜ Feb. 3, Roswell, N.M.: During an argument, a man began beating his ex-girlfriend and aggressively threatened the couple’s adult son when he tried to intervene. The son subsequently drew a handgun and shot his dad to protect himself and his mom. Local officials announced that they won’t seek criminal charges against the son because his use of deadly force was justified.

    ⁜ Feb. 6, Athens, Texas: After arguing with his stepfather earlier in the day, a man returned later to his stepfather’s home with a gun and shot him. The stepfather’s dad, who was also present and armed with his own gun, fatally shot the assailant. Local authorities reported that they expect the stepfather to recover from his injuries.

    ⁜ Feb. 8, Jackson, Miss.: Two masked teens broke into a woman’s apartment in the middle of the night, only to come face to face with the armed resident, who fired multiple shots at them with her handgun, killing one of them and sending the other fleeing. Police quickly apprehended the second suspect, who was charged with felony murder over his compatriot’s death.

    ⁜ Feb. 10, Houston, Texas: Police say that two would-be robbers followed a man home from a gun range, ‘swarmed’ him when he got out of his car, and tried to forcibly take one of his gun bags. Fortunately, the victim was armed with two guns on his person and engaged the robbers in a shootout, shooting and injuring one suspect and sending the other fleeing.

    ⁜ Feb. 14, Spartanburg, S.C.: A woman’s ex-boyfriend came to her home late at night and grew irate that she had a male friend over. The woman and her friend drove away from the home to avoid further confrontation, but the ex-boyfriend pursued them in his own car, eventually ramming the victims’ car and causing it to ‘spin out’ just inside the parking lot of an elementary school. When the ex-boyfriend tried to forcibly drag the woman out of the car, her friend intervened by drawing a firearm and shooting the assailant. Police later charged the ex-boyfriend with two counts of attempted murder, kidnapping, and first-degree assault and battery.

    ⁜ Feb. 22, Las Vegas, Nev.: A former employee of a fast-food restaurant returned to the business and confronted a current employee, whom he began chasing with a gun. A different employee witnessed the confrontation, grabbed his own gun from his vehicle, and fatally shot the armed former employee in defense of his co-worker.

    ⁜ Feb. 22, Tuscaloosa, Ala.: A woman shot and critically wounded her boyfriend, who had a history of domestic violence, after an argument escalated into a serious and threatening encounter. The woman allegedly left the house during an argument and tried to hide from her boyfriend in an inoperable vehicle while she called 911. The boyfriend followed her and was trying to break the car windows before the woman shot him.

    ⁜ Feb. 23, Wilson County, N.C.: Local officials say that a 20-year-old man who shot another driver with an AR-style rifle during a road rage incident acted in self-defense and won’t face criminal charges. With help from the armed victim’s smart glasses, which recorded the incident, police determined that the other driver engaged in a series of aggressive and reckless driving behaviors against the younger driver, eventually running the victim’s car off the road. The other driver then exited his car, approached the victim’s disabled vehicle while yelling racial slurs and expletives, and opened the victim’s door before the victim shot and critically injured him.

    ⁜ Feb. 27, Springfield, Ohio: A woman’s ex-boyfriend forced his way into her home and assaulted her and her current boyfriend before threatening them with a gun. The woman’s current boyfriend drew his own firearm and exchanged gunshots with the ex-boyfriend, fatally striking him while avoiding injury himself.

    ⁜ Feb. 28, Des Moines, Iowa: A homeowner went to investigate after she heard a person yelling and banging on her back door late at night. When she unlocked the door, a woman she did not know forced her way inside and began to attack her. The homeowner was armed and shot her assailant multiple times in self-defense before calling 911. The wounded intruder faces a second-degree burglary charge.

    Gun control advocates often treat lawful gun owners—like the ones who relied on their right to armed self-defense in these stories—as an inherently dangerous class from which the rest of society must be protected. It’s a completely irrational response.
    …”

    ht* tps://pjmedia.com/amy-swearer/2026/03/17/gun-control-season-is-here-expect-gun-control-advocates-to-ignore-these-stories-of-armed-self-defense-n4950750

    1. .40 cal Booger

      In addition to the above…because it would ghost post for some reason when the below was included, so posing it separately to see if it will show up”

      “…
      The answer to criminal violence isn’t to impose gun control restrictions that limit the options available to lawful gun owners or make it more difficult for them to protect themselves and others.

      If anything, the answer is to repeal the laws that get in their way.
      …”

  6. Left wing violence FAFO: Far-left Kat Abughazaleh LOSES Illinois Dem House primary after arrest for anti-ICE violence.

    ht* tps://thepostmillennial.com/far-left-kat-abughazaleh-loses-illinois-dem-house-primary-after-arrest-for-anti-ice-violence?utm_campaign=64470

  7. Queer band Muna says LGBTQ community is arming and increasing physical fitness to stack up against ‘straight whites’



    Speaking to UK-based podcast host Su, bandmates Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson, and Jo Maskin detailed how the LGBTQ community has begun taking up firearms training to deal ‘with all of the horrors of modern-day society.’ Gavin, the lead singer, told the host, ‘In America, like the queers, we are learning how to use guns…just for like self-defense, really.’

    Guitarist Josette ‘Jo’ Maskin spoke about the importance of the queer community increasing its physical fitness standards to ensure a fair fight against ‘straight whites.’ She said, ‘That’s why there’s such a big push in, like I guess, the queer community specifically, but for people to start lifting weights. The straight whites are not going to co-opt being strong. We should all be strong. We’re not gonna be like tiny, anorexic. Like, we’re going to fight you.’

    The comments were made in the context of a hypothetical World War III.
    …”

    ht* tps://thepostmillennial.com/queer-band-muna-says-lgbtq-community-is-arming-and-increasing-physical-fitness-to-stack-up-against-straight-whites?utm_campaign=64470

  8. Left wing violence: Illegal alien teen would be ‘allowed’ back to class despite arrest for groping 9 girls at Fairfax high school.

    ht* tps://thepostmillennial.com/illegal-alien-teen-would-be-allowed-back-to-class-despite-arrest-for-groping-9-girls-at-fairfax-high-school-report?utm_campaign=64470

  9. Left wing violence – yep, trans again: Trans ‘youth advocate’ for homeless teens charged with raping infant girl in Washington state.

    ht* tps://thepostmillennial.com/trans-youth-advocate-charged-with-raping-infant-in-washington-state?utm_campaign=64470

  10. The j00wish state of israel and the Persian government of Iran are both the same.

    They both don’t believe in the individual right to keep and their arms.

    Even after the J00ws were massacred in the 1944 and later on October 7th. They still don’t believe in the individual right to keep and bear arms. Their leadership talks about confiscating guns. Once “it’s safe” to do so.

    Iran is an enemy of the United States. And Iran is responsible for the deaths of thousands of americans. That is a fact that many people want to ignore.

    But I’m against this war with Iran.

    Yes, they are an enemy, and so was Russia during the Cold War.

    Both Iran and Russia like to blame the United States for the terrible history, that both those countries had, so very long ago.

    And I do not care what happened so long ago. I live for today.

    The globalists, which include the libertarians, say you can’t be an isolationist. They support having economic ties with communist countries like Cuba, the USSR, and communist China.

    The j00ws and the muslims are the same when it comes to the Second Amendment because neither believes in it. Yes. That’s correct I said that. And both lawmakers of these two religions are working to repeal civil rights in the United States. Yes that’s correct I said that too.

    “Not all muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are muslims.”

    And while the j00ws were working to register blacks to vote in the south. They were actively working to keep blacks disarmed, that’s a historical fact. The Mulford Act in California in the 1960s, was co-written by a j00wish immigrant lawyer, from Poland. And who was a member of the ACLU board of directors.

    The former British colonies of Australia , Canada, are currently working to confiscate guns. I am so grateful that those imperfect white men, from over two hundred years ago, fought to break away from that tyrannical British dictatorship.

    The Iranian government regularly threatens to close off the Strait of Hormuz. And threaten 20% of the world’s oil supply.

    But there is another government that is also threatening the United States oil supply. The California s0ci*@:list pr0g*res;sive state government is working to shut down oil production in that state. And when that happens later, this year, in 2026.

    People will be wondering why gasoline prices in the United States are going up.

    And there was another government that massacred its own citizens. But that government is right next door to the United States.

    They’re called Mexico.

    And in the late 1960s, the Mexican government massacred thousands of its own citizens. During political protests.

    The 1st Amendment has been very dead in the United States, for many years now. The only thing that matters is the 2nd amendment.

  11. “Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.” –
    Thomas Jefferson

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