Self Serve Carwash News Fall '19

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CAR WASH ROYALE As self serves continue to attract criminals, more and more owners are becoming armed and ready. By Debra Gorgos, Editor debrag@sscwn.com Along with religion and politics, the topic of guns can be just about as provocative and polarizing. From people not liking the lack of gun control or oppositely opposing challenges to the 2 nd amendment, there are some people who grew up around guns and consider them part of the scenery and there are others who just loathe the mere sight of metal weaponry stocked with kinetic projectiles. Self serve car wash owners have a unique situation at hand, in that they work odd hours, they are often alone on site, they empty machines full of cash, and, unfortunately, their businesses can attract trespassers, delinquents and your basic hooligans. Read the back pages of the last five years of Self Serve Car Wash News magazines and you’ll see pages upon pages of crime stories. Some of those stories end peacefully while others reference criminals brandishing guns, and some include physical attacks and violent misconduct. In a survey that didn’t just reflect car wash owners, but did represent small business owners, 35 percent said they have taken steps to protect themselves against potential shootings or other workplace violence—or plan to do so soon. The monthly survey included input from nearly 800 small companies and was conducted for The Wall Street Journal by Vistage Worldwide Inc. A not-so-scientific poll conducted on carwashforum.com asked car wash owners if they are armed when they go to work, and the results were as follows: Always Armed: 54.2% Never Armed: 20.8% No, but I am considering it: 25% And, while this article is in no way promoting guns or glorifying possible violence (see sidebar: Shoot to Not Kill), we are sensitive to the idea that car wash owners feel the need to be armed, and or protected in some way. And, car wash owners are not alone. Thirty percent of U.S. adults say they personally own a gun, while a larger percentage, 43%, report living household with a gun. And it seems as if the United States in general is not exactly full of gun-shy inhabitants. A Small Arms Survey stated that civilians in the United States account for 393 million of the worldwide total of 1 billion civilian held firearms. Car wash owners Shane Massing of Dayton, Ohio, and Phil Tutt of East Texas are two of those 393 million people. Read on to find out why they carry, what they carry and what advice they have for others. continued ... 58 • FALL 2019
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