I guess it would have defeated the Christmas spirit to shoot them. 😏
Yes, it would.
I’m willing to bet their enthusiasm to disrupt would wane if they knew that, whenever and wherever they show up to “exercise their right of free speech,” they will be sprayed with bear repellant and/or tased.*
Ditto for the “Just Stop Oil” protestors who block traffic.
*BTW, getting hit in the face with Siracha sauce or red pepper powder in cooking oil or deer scent (or a combination of all three) might be good - and perhaps more legal - substitutes.