This is a good example of why Americans need to be armed. There are packs of uneducated and viscous animals who roam the streets at night. I am very vigilant when I go out at night, always checking to see if there is a group of shady looking characters. The other night I saw a bunch of 'bums' congregating behind the liquor store, one was running around with a baseball bat. I avoided the situation entirely...
But we must defend ourselves. Some shmuck made a comment on the Blaze that the Bible doesn't permit killing a person who comes to rob you. I replied to this ignoramus that the Torah indeed permits us to kill a person who comes to rob us (at night and fear of our own life is warranted)... See Exodus 22:1-3 (Parsha Mishpatim) for this command granting us the obligation to protect ourselves and our property...