It's not about dying for your guns physically, it's about dying for whats right.
I have had in depth conversations with many gun owners, even just hunters and people who enjoy shooting from time to time who said they would fight tooth and nail to keep their weapons and protect themselves.
I would rather be the first one on my block to fight back and die in a hail of police/military gun fire and make a stand to let other know whats going down, than to just hand my shit over and become a victim.
Hopefully this will never be a real issue, but it looks more and more everyday like it very well may become a problem.
Also, you'd be surprised how efficient and deadly just a deer gun can truly be in the right hands. A bullet is a bullet.