A lot of bravado here on this thread but apparently both perps did have guns and I can only assume they were already drawn. Even if you are armed, how would know unless you were actually there whether this guy had a clear shot at BOTH without endangering his own family, either from one of your owns shots or because one of them could shoot your kids before you got him? What if the dad sized things up and made the judgment that the best chance was to let the bad guys have the vehicle?
I just love it when people who weren't even there know just exactly what they would have done.
I don't know but the girl I know who had a sawed off shotgun pulled on her and was kicked in the ribs wished that she had been carrying her gun and she vowed to carry it again.
I just love it when people second guess events in favor of letting the criminals go unmolested by the victim.
It is called training.
If you have none then you might think about getting some.
The situation couldn't have gone much worse unless you feel that only one child being murdered is okay. Better than two and the father gets to live. Yep he picked a great outcome.
I pick two dead goblins.
I would rather get killed defending my family than letting them meet harm because I was a coward.