The standard expression “You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out” could be adjusted for recent events in Iran, where a popular uprising doesn’t seem practical: “You can vote your way into Islamic Theocracy, but you have to shoot your way out”.
It seems that very few Iranians could shoot their way out even if motivated to do so. The Islamic Republic has a near-monopoly on gun ownership that is enforced by a Chicago or New York Democrat’s dream common sense gun control system:
The Islamic Republic purportedly has only about 20 percent support (poll), but could probably have stayed in power forever if not for its nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, Hezbollah, Houthi, and Hamas programs.
Could the divergence between what the Iranian people supposedly want (to the extent that can be measured accurate) and what the Iranian government does lead some Americans to reconsider their goals of eliminating private gun ownership in the U.S.?
(Note that I personally believe that Americans’ right to own guns will disappear within the next few decades, a casualty of our immigration system and the consequent creation of a society that is a random assemblage of humans without any common values. When shooting jihads such as Ndiaga Diagne‘s become weekly events, Americans will gladly surrender their rights in exchange for a perceived safety advantage, just as Americans meekly surrendered their First Amendment right to assemble during coronapanic.)
Phil, here we go again with another of your brutal, divisive, racist rants. Of course no rational American wants to reconsider their righteous goals of eliminating private gun ownership. Among many issues here, you cleverly ignore the inherent racism of gun violence in America (as you do in every other instance of white supremacy and colonization). You apparently weren’t aware that year-to-date there have been approximately 250 blacks shot and killed in Chicago (and similar huge #s in other large cities nationwide), while only 4 whites have been shot and killed in Chicago. Clearly, gun violence is hugely and disproportionately racist and we urgently need new laws and enforcement to confiscate and eliminate guns from our society! Michelle adds that your racist, dishonest rants are repugnant in every way. Allahu Akbar!