If Perata had had a gun, the state might be plus one SUV, and perhaps less one loser criminal.
Perata actually maintains a CCW. As with most hypocrites, and being a cowardly elitist, he would deny lesser persons the very right to defend themselves that he reserves for himself and his ivory-towered peers. Being such a coward though, he probably pissed his pants rather than defend himself against a criminal aggressor.