You were more restrained than I would have been. My father and my uncles were WWII combat veterans. I grew up in Dorchester when it was largely working class and carry lessons learned from my upbringing there to this day. And I always carry a steel mallet and a metal baseball bat in my trunk....
Please note it’s pretty clear this was only posted from seeing something on Facebook. Don’t know how close the FB poster is to FR’s poster, but I think OP here just posted what was up on FB.