Comment: Yes, by all means grab your gun while you are driving and defend yourselves as you blaze away like Jason Borne. Maybe turn around and give chase and shoot them in the back. That will teach them and the community an old western-style civic lesson.  

How about we just lock our doors and roll up the windows and keep a small vile of mace handy. Be aware of your surroundings and hope for the best, which happens 99.9% of the time when you get out of your car in Anchorage.

In TD's scenario he gets the time to reach for his properly locked gun case, get the key, open the case, load bullets and then go play cowboy. "Oh just a minute guys, why I get my gun". Unless he drives around with a gun strapped around his chest, which is illegal.