Baked on Grease
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...boycott-on-valentines-day-2012-137890863.html
Sounds crazy I know, but I heard an idea on the Virginia Open Carry FB page I thought I would share here for the whole community to enjoy. Since the Anti-gun people expect the Starbucks stock price to fall dramatically because of their 1 day boycott, why don't we pop in and buy something and express our thanks to management? The CEO of Starbucks has requested previously when he announced his decision to allow legally carried firearms in his locations that he didn't want to be at the center of controversy, thus any big get together or meetings will probably not be look upon favorably.
The idea in mind was more along the lines of each of us just hopping in in the course of our daily business on Valentines day and buy something and thank them, if a couple of people want to do so together I see no harm in it, but I would think we'd want to steer clear of large groups for this. This would severely offset any damage their boycott could do, and let Starbucks know that they made the right decision.
Feel free to re-post this on as many Pro-gun sites and groups as you can, spread the word.
Ed has thoughtfully provided a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/events/261743290558881/
WHY STARBUCKS? Currently, Starbucks allows guns and assault weapons to be openly carried in its stores (in 43 states) and concealed and carried in its stores (in 49 states) (See Photos). Starbucks' compliance with the National Rifle Association's Pro-Gun Agenda was exposed in 2010 when members of the "open carry" movement began meeting in popular chains, such as California Pizza Kitchen, Peets, IKEA, Disney and Starbucks openly carrying their handguns and assault rifles. (Types of Guns)
To protect their customers and employees, all of the retail chains—except for Starbucks— banned guns from being carried in their stores.
"Starbucks allowing guns to be carried in thousands of their stores significantly increases everyone's risk of being a victim of gun violence," says Elliot Fineman, CEO of the NGAC. "Open and conceal and carry are among the reasons there are 12,000 gun homicides each year in the U.S. If we had England's gun laws we would expect 375 gun homicides each year—97% less than we have. England's gun laws are based on protecting public safety, ours on maximizing sales for the gun industry."
Sounds crazy I know, but I heard an idea on the Virginia Open Carry FB page I thought I would share here for the whole community to enjoy. Since the Anti-gun people expect the Starbucks stock price to fall dramatically because of their 1 day boycott, why don't we pop in and buy something and express our thanks to management? The CEO of Starbucks has requested previously when he announced his decision to allow legally carried firearms in his locations that he didn't want to be at the center of controversy, thus any big get together or meetings will probably not be look upon favorably.
The idea in mind was more along the lines of each of us just hopping in in the course of our daily business on Valentines day and buy something and thank them, if a couple of people want to do so together I see no harm in it, but I would think we'd want to steer clear of large groups for this. This would severely offset any damage their boycott could do, and let Starbucks know that they made the right decision.
Feel free to re-post this on as many Pro-gun sites and groups as you can, spread the word.
Ed has thoughtfully provided a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/events/261743290558881/
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