Kudos To Starbucks In California

[mrjarrell]

After other chains in California made it policy to bar gun owners Starbucks stepped up and welcomed them. Good on Starbucks!

Via The Gun Rights Examiner (video at source)

The Brady Campaign is having a fit, trying to whip up a petition protest campaign against Starbucks to pressure the company into prohibiting open carry of firearms by non-"Only Ones" on its premises:

The practice of packing heat in places like Starbucks is intimidating and could be potentially dangerous to our families and communities – and it must be stopped.
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Ah, here we go with "potential" again. Better lock us all in rubber rooms.

From ABC7 News, KGO-TV San Francisco:

Read the rest and watch the video at the source.

 

[femurphy77]

At 1:02 "This myth that these people are somehow superheroes. . . . . ." where the hell did she pull that out of? I quit wearing my cape and tights years/pounds ago

 

[Dr Falken]

Well good on Starbucks for allowing excersizing ones rights in their stores. I've OC'd in ours before, usually during hunting season, but I'm married to the manager!

 

[mrjarrell]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy2YhxXn7NY]YouTube - The Incredibles - No Capes [/ame]

 

[henktermaat]

A good comment there - taught me something about the origins of "Packing Heat":

And on that note:
"The practice of packing heat in places like Starbucks is intimidating and could be potentially dangerous to our families and communities – and it must be stopped."

I'm not sure when or how "heist", the german word for "hot", became a synonym for "steal". But it is and from that we have the usage of "hot" to describe stolen goods and "heater" to describe a gun used to steal said goods. Therefore, carrying a gun with the intent to steal became "packing heat". Since responsible, law abiding gun owners do not carry with the intent to commit larceny, they do not "pack heat". Ms. Brady and the "lame stream media" should leave that phrase with the old Jimmy Cagney and Edward G. Robinson gangster movies where it belongs.

 

[indykid]

Cars are potentially dangerous, stairways are potentially dangerous, showers and bathtubs are potentially dangerous, electricity is potentially dangerous, water is potentially dangerous.

Idiots are definately dangerous!


Heading to Starbucks to show them my thanks for realizing our rights.

 

[bobn911]

Here is a petion started by one of the guys on Michigan Gun Owners site:
Starbucks' Freedom of Choice - The Petition Site

Later, Bob

 

[Buckaroo]

Starbucks refusing to pander to gun grabbers

Over the past few months, more and more gun owners have been gathering at restaurants and coffee shops like Starbucks with guns strapped to their hips, intimidating fellow patrons.

Businesses can legally create policies to prohibit guns from being carried in their establishments -- and so far, Peet's Coffee & Tea and California Pizza Kitchen have heeded customer concerns and barred open carrying.

But Starbucks is refusing to prohibit the open carrying of firearms in its stores, despite protests from loyal customers.

The practice of packing heat in places like Starbucks is intimidating and could be potentially dangerous to our families and communities -- and it must be stopped at Starbucks.

It's everyone's right to be able to sit in a restaurant or coffee shop with their families without intimidation or fear of guns, either concealed or openly carried. Under the law, Starbucks has the right to adopt a gun-free policy, with an exception for uniformed police officers. Such a policy can easily be implemented in most cases by putting up signs at store entrances.

It is critical that we tell Starbucks to bar guns in its stores. These individuals who have been carrying guns into Starbucks have all the firepower of a SWAT team, and none of the law enforcement training.

Sign the petition and let Starbucks know that you want them to stand up for the safety of their customers and adopt a nationwide, gun-free policy in all Starbucks stores.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/...guns/?rc=brady

 

[finity]

to Starbucks. I haven't gone there lately as much as I used to but I may start to again.

 

[JetGirl]

Starbucks...full of WIN. With a touch of *awesome*!

 

[JetGirl]

to Starbucks. I haven't gone there lately as much as I used to but I may start to again.

The one on 7th! I smell an N/E corner "INGO coffee/carry" meet up!

 

[Sureshot129]

Merge thread's perhaps???????

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...t/74247-kudos_to_starbucks_in_california.html


Just in case IBTL!

Still a good story

 

[shawkpilot]

I can't stand Starbucks coffee, or much about them. Now I may have to change my position. I will probably still hate their coffee.

 

[rimfire_crazed]

Good for Starbucks. I'm usually not a fan of their coffee but I'll happily stop in the next one I see and grab a soda.

 

[pudly]

You might want to send some feedback to Starbucks directly to thank them for their support:

Starbucks Feedback

 

[360]

You know Starbucks is a place you can work 20 hours a week and receive full health benefits?

 

[RelicHound]

for strabucks and IBTL

 

[finity]

The one on 7th! I smell an N/E corner "INGO coffee/carry" meet up!

I'm in!

 

[jpo117]

The one on 7th! I smell an N/E corner "INGO coffee/carry" meet up!

Sounds like a plan!

 

[critter592]

I have some new found respect for Starbucks.