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Just got another message from the group:
Hi everyone,
Gun owners have been gathering at Starbucks with guns strapped to their hips, intimidating fellow patrons. Starbucks Corporate management is REFUSING to prohibit guns in Starbucks across the country. This is foolish and dangerous.
We are going to PROTEST GUNS IN STARBUCKS.
Please join our protest leaders and activists of Alexandria, Bethesda, Falls Church, McLean, Silver Springs, D.C. and beyond, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 11AM at Starbucks in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia (next to Potomac River, at 100 S. Union Street/base of King St., not to be confused with the other Starbucks on King St.) We will be mobilizing the media.
The St. Patrick's parade will be coming down King Street through Old Town at 12:30pm -- this parade attracts thousands, so you need to get there early to get a parking space.
BACKGROUND:
Since the first week of January, gun rights extremists have been showing up in groups at restaurants in California with their guns, much like other demonstrators did last year at President Obama’s events around the country. Three food chains have already announced “no guns” policies, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, California Pizza Kitchen and Buckhorn Grill. Private property owners, including restaurants and other retail establishments, can bar guns from their premises if they choose. Officials at Starbucks, however, have continued to welcome the gun-toters.
If you would like to lead a protest at a Starbucks in your community, in your state, this weekend too, let us know, and we'll advertise your protest.
We've lost so much this year to the NRA and gun lobby -- loaded guns in national parks, guns on Amtrak, guns in restaurants/bars in certain states, constant attacks on forcing loaded guns on college campuses across the country (which we've helped block), etc. etc. -- that now is the time to INCREASE THE PUBLIC'S HEAT OF OUTRAGE ABOUT GUNS ALLOWED ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE TO STOP THE MADNESS!
We just want to drink our coffee and have our children eat their scones IN PEACE! Please join us at our Starbucks or yours in protest!
THE PROTEST EASY GUNS MOVEMENT
Here are our protest sign ideas so far (please post your ideas too and we'll add them to the mix!):
Guns and Lattes don’t mix!
Espresso shots, not gun shots!
Decaf Latte OR LOADED GUNS?
Espresso bar or firing range?
Brew of the Day not Ballistics of the Day!
What’s next? Guns in Ice Cream Parlors?
Scones, Children, and Guns Don't Mix!
Starbucks Customer Rewards: Guns?!!!
You Can't Smoke in a Restaurant, but You Can Carry a Gun?
We Don't Want our Children Eating Scones Next to Loaded Guns!
Something Sinister (or Unsavory, Rotten, etc. ) is Brewing
At a coffee shop, "fully loaded" should refer to cream and sugar.
Guns at Starbucks ... leading to a GRANDE size disaster?
Starbucks: Wake up and smell the coffee.
The only shot I want is espresso.
The only shot I want is caffeine.
Coffee mugs and mug shots don't mix.
Starbucks: Now it's more than our pastries that could be hazardous to your health.
A Saturday Night Special at Starbucks Should Mean a Latte and a free pastry!
OR
The only Saturday Night Special I want is a latte and free pastry!
No smoking GUNS in Starbucks!