Baseball bats are exactly the tool to be deployed in these and many cases.
They send a strong message.
They don’t get the gun grabbers all spun up.
Other areas for deployment:
EPA
IRS
DHS
etc...
When I lived in a city, the locals used to use "d'aluminum" to keep the drug dealers out of the neighborhood. It's hard to stand around luring children if your kneecaps are broken.