Ok my analogy was not great, but yours is also a bit exaggerated I think, for two reasons: Obviously an iot device is not obviously a weapon, and secondly not only compromised devices were targeted ; arguably a non easy task since once it's compromised it is likely to be "locked".

Still, I want to reiterate that the society I want to live in is not one where we are protected by perfect bulletproof fences but one where vandalism is not a cause of fame.