so the right to bear arms is being challenged?

[Dr Mario]

How the hell is someone losing his life because he couldn't defend himself "Anecdotal"? Linky . That happens everyday all across America. I don't think "reality" qualifies as "Anecdotal". From where did you get that statistic? Sources here dude, sources.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anecdotal
If I have to fucking well explain how that applies, you're a lost cause.

Shows what you know about guns. No weapon is worthwhile if you aren't practiced in it. A knife is a simply swinging and stabbing motion, thrust the hand witht he weapon forward or across. Guns vary weapon to weapon. Bolt-action rifles work much differently than pump-action shotguns. You pretty obviously are a believer in the myth that guns provide a one-shot-one-kill with every bullet. They don't, ask any deer hunter, they don't. Also, you have to have a steady hand, good eye-sight, etc etc. Ask anyone who's ever been trap shooting with a shotgun, its not easy to hit a target unless your very, very close to the target.

Hell, even with a modified choke, I couldn't hit more than one out of five clays my first five attempts. That was the first time I held a gun. Now I'm barely to a average of 4/5, with a bleeding shotgun of all things!

You'll note that I never said a damn thing about accuracy in that post. Of course training plays a part, that's not what I'm disputing. I'm just pointing out:
That with equal training, a 5'3 140 pounder will rarely be on the same level as a 6'2 250 pounder when it comes to brawling. Not the case with small arms
That there is a significant psychological difference between armed melee and firearms combat.
That the hydraulic shock caused by a bullet impact is a significantly different, and significantly more deadly, form of injury than the lacerating trauma of typical edged weapons. Which is different again from the blunt force trauma associated with unarmed strikes.

Anyone who doesn't want to end up like this guy, and the thousands just like him.

And yet, you haven't bothered to show how being armed would have saved them.