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I started a business with a friend in the late '90's in Houston and we did a lot of work ourselves to get it going. It was parking lot striping and repair done in the wee hours of the day in all areas if town. The East Side industrial and retail areas were the worst places to be at night by far.

There were two of us which saved us from serious injury or worse from folks who wanted the equipment or our money. Never had to pull our guns but had to talk tough and show them every couple weeks it seemed. The only weapons they showed were knives and screwdrivers.

Looking back, fortunately the bad guys were amateurs. Jobs went much better when we added one, then two other workers. We could concentrate more on the job rather than personal safety. High stress that we don't want to ever repeat.

We got the company going and sold it cheap after about a year and went back to "no gun needed" day jobs.