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It would have been easier for the tenant to have an accident.

Pretty much. I had to move to NC for a while due to work, so I rented my house north of Dallas. Had one set of 'renters' that stopped paying rent after a few months. This went on for 6 months, and was damned close to driving me into bankrupcy. I showed up on their doorstep one morning, shotgun in hand, while a friend stood out on the road with an HK-91 and told them they had 24 hours to get out.

naturally, they'd trashed the place. Cost me serious $$ to get everything in shape for the next folks. Fortunately it only took a few days to find and vet new renters.

a few years later when we were living there again, a fellow running for sheriff came by and I mentioned the situation. He knew exactly who I was talking about. Even knew their names. I was not apparently not the first on to be suckered by these lowlifes.

funny thing is, I never actually had to threaten any violence. Texas' laws regarding long guns are excellent. Handguns, not so much.