You should look into something like a good quality OC spray. A bat would be seen as deadly force whereas an OC spray is not. A bat is fine, but having something in between gives you options.
My wife's X has a slow leak and I went to wawa to inflate only to find out their air station isn't working, and ended up with less air in the tire than before I started. I figured I should carry my own inflators. I ended up ordering the Tesla branded ones for her X and my cybertruck, but after...