Brian, I am with you on this. They would have to kill me before they could take me boy or my wife. Not worried though, I have a pistol, diving knife, fat part of a maple cue stick, dog, cell phone with police hot line within my reach, and I'm positive I have more training and experience than the bad guys to deal with s**t so I am not worried, in spite of my physical condition. Don't worry.
The amazing thing is that my friend, SIL, and I went to talk to the police the next day and the officer we talked to knew nothing of such a gang. The police are on 24 hour shifts so we talked to a different crew. The officer we talked to made a lengthy report in their log book (which the the first officer did not do) and said they would keep an eye on my house (which means come by my house for a beverage and snack), so I left it at that. No negative activity yesterday or today. We keep a number of people at the house at all times.