David says his last fracas occurred in 1980 or 1981. He was working at his nightclub business, the University Bistro. A man came in angry at a couple sitting at the bar and pulled a gun. He aimed it up. David took the guy's gun arm and lifted the man completely off the ground, grabbed the gun, and threw the man down. A bouncer caught the man and walked him out. Twice during the Bistro years, he had to deal with knives. He felt the business wasn't safe--it wasn't a matter of if, but when, the next dangerous incident would occur.
David hoped and believed he could make the business thrive because he held a liquor license, but he met a man who also had a shop on University Avenue (in Seattle). The man sold coffee, and was able to work just daytimes, and able to hire employees to run the shop when he stepped out for a drink at the Bistro. It was a telling contrast.
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