Posted on 09/18/2013 6:18:11 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
I just like a good cup of coffee and do not think I get that at Starbucks..It is sad though I can’t enjoy a good jelly donut with the coffee..Can’t have sugar even though the great smells are all around I still get my coffee..LOL!
Most states allow people to openly carry licensed guns in some way and many companies do not have policies banning firearms in their stores.Most states allow licensed people to carry concealed, and a FEW states allow open carrying of firearms. But most states absolutely do NOT allow people to openly carry.
There’s nothing like that fresh-baked bakery smell, lol.
They don't enforce gun bans. They rely on voluntary compliance by law-abiding citizens. They have absolutely ZERO means of enforcing their cute little feel-good gun bans on the people who would use a gun to harm others.
That is a misconception that is common among the low information public. Most Starbucks stores are frequented by a demographic typical to the local community. You go into a Starbucks in Texas (outside of Austin) and you will probably find mostly conservative middle class professionals and possibly college students. If you were to poll the political leanings of the clientele you will probably find about a 60% or more right-of-center leaning position, which is representative of the local community. If you happen to choose a store in Austin, or in downtown Houston, that would probably flip the other way based on the liberal leanings of those communities.
the disruption are usually by someone calling the cops who subsequently make a disturbance
In Seattle or Chicago or Manattan that is probably the case, but in the heartland your typical Starbucks customer is a typical heartlander. So here in the DFW area in Texas that dichotomy does not hold up.
Except for homo-marriage. They are all-in on that platform.
Apparently the CEO of a Coffee company has no idea how many cops visit his establishment, both in and out of uniform. He needs to visit some stores more often...
They have no problem supporting and wading into homosexual unions, even going so far as to endorse via monetary support, but want to remain neutral on the gun issue. I think they should sell coffee and be quiet on everything else.
Okay, and we won’t bring our money either.
>>>Carry concealed if you have a permit, if not, get one.<<<
The CEOs letter asked that NO GUNS be brought in stores, concealed or otherwise. Starbucks does not recognize your permit.
And even if SB did allow concealed carry, should an American citizen with the God-given, Constitutional right to keep and bear arms go get a permit that he/she isn’t otherwise required to get, to be allowed to buy this Libtard’s overprived coffee?
YUMMY!!!
That's a good point - I live in NYC, so perhaps my perception is shaded by the typical clientele around here. However, as true as that is with regard to an individual Starbucks store, Starbucks stores tend to be more concentrated (both in absolute terms and per capita) in urban and coastal areas. There are some exceptions (Texas is a big one), but that is the overall trend. So, in the aggregate, I would still think that their customers are more left-of-center than the U.S. population as a whole, perhaps significantly so.
Duncan Donuts is the finest coffee. Ever. Tried Stabucks once because somebody really wanted to go. I hate burned coffee.
Yep, they make a good cup of coffee. Very sad that the only DD near my work was flooded out in Sandy, and has not reopened.
According to his statement, law enforcement personnel are exempt from the "request":
"Our company’s longstanding approach to “open carry” has been to follow local laws: we permit it in states where allowed and we prohibit it in states where these laws don’t exist. We have chosen this approach because we believe our store partners should not be put in the uncomfortable position of requiring customers to disarm or leave our stores. We believe that gun policy should be addressed by government and law enforcement—not by Starbucks and our store partners.
"Recently, however, we’ve seen the “open carry” debate become increasingly uncivil and, in some cases, even threatening. Pro-gun activists have used our stores as a political stage for media events misleadingly called “Starbucks Appreciation Days” that disingenuously portray Starbucks as a champion of “open carry.” To be clear: we do not want these events in our stores. Some anti-gun activists have also played a role in ratcheting up the rhetoric and friction, including soliciting and confronting our customers and partners.
"For these reasons, today we are respectfully requesting that customers no longer bring firearms into our stores or outdoor seating areas—even in states where “open carry” is permitted—unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel.
What authority is granted to law enforcement personnel that is superior to the Constitution's Bill Of Rights for citizens?
Well, it is their business and they can make whatever rule they like. What if it had urged customers to not bring their homosexuality into Starbucks?
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