Some things never change. Political power comes out of the barrel of a gun in China and other despotic regimes such as Iran. The Chinese Communists have never been shy about shedding blood, using starvation as a political weapon, herding people into concentration camps, forcing abortions or shooting prisoners to sell their organs for hard currency to achieve their goals.
That's why the States demanded a Bill of Rights be added to our Constitution back in 1789, an that's why the Second Amendment was included in that Bill of Rights.