Here’s the press release from the National Gun Victims Action Council:
CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2012 – /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – A nationwide boycott of Starbucks stores and its products will be launched on Valentine’s Day 2012. Its goal is to eliminate the risk of guns in public places and ultimately to bring sane gun laws to the U.S. This boycott is being called by the National Gun Victim’s Action Council (NGAC), a network of 14 million gun victims, the faith community including the: Episcopal Peace Fellowship, United Church of Christ, Fellowship of Reconciliation (46 peace fellowships and 43 affiliate fellowships), secular groups working to reduce gun violence and many of the organizations that support passing sane gun laws. 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.” Non-Sane Gun Laws
Starbucks has the legal right to ban guns but despite having been petitioned by thousands, asked at a shareholder meeting, and a direct appeal made to their Board, Starbucks clings to this policy that puts millions of Americans at risk every day and encourages the spread of guns being carried in public.
IMPACT OF STARBUCKS BOYCOTT: Fineman says, “Starbucks steadfast support of the NRA’s lethal pro-gun agenda damages its ‘socially conscious company’ brand. Further,” adds Fineman, “Monte Carlo Simulation risk analysis indicates that 90% of the time, our boycott will reduce Starbucks stock price by an amount no rational company would allow.”
According to NGAC, the boycott will end when Starbucks rejects the NRA’s Pro-Gun agenda by banning all guns from their stores and committing to be an Aggressive Corporate Advocate for sane gun laws.
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STARBUCKS BOYCOTT: http://gunvictimsaction.org/starbucks-boycott/
ABOUT NGAC: The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit network of 14 million gun victims, survivors, their families, supporters, the faith community, secular organizations working on gun violence reduction and ordinary people leveraging their economic (buying) power to change America’s gun laws. NGAC can be found atwww.gunvictimsaction.org
Follow @GunVictimsAct and find us on Facebook.
Available Topic Expert: For information on the listed expert, click appropriate link. Elliot Fineman
SOURCE National Gun Victims Action Council
Coffee on Valentine’s Day it is.
LMAO
My very first thought after “…will be launched on Valentine’s Day 2012.”
Yup, coffee at Star bucks, Feb. 14
If there was a Starbucks nearby, no doubt on Valentines Day, me, my gun and wifey would be drinking that overpriced gawd awful tasting coffee.
drop a note to Starbucks to show support for their support of our Constitution:
http://www.starbucks.com/customer-service/contact/company-information-form
my short note to Starbucks:
Read that ANOTHER anti-gun/anti-Constitution group is trying to boycott Starbucks.
Just wanted to drop a note to say
“Thank You” for supporting “The People” of our great country and the right to keep and bear arms as stated in the Bill of Rights.
I sincerely hope that Starbucks continues to follow the U.S. Constitution and supporting the American people.
Do not allow these small, anti-Constitution groups to intimidate your company.
Regards,
Sean
+1
I just left the The National Gun Victims Action Council a message. I hope they like it!!
Woo Hoo! I can expect shorter lines at my local Starbucks on Valentines Day. I might just hang out there ALL FRIGGIN” DAY!!! As a matter of fact, I’m taking all of my range buddies with me and buying them a frappacappalattamocha in y’all’s honor.
Thanks again!
I’m boycotting Starbucks because their coffee tastes like boiled sweat socks. Otherwise, I’d be tanking up there instead of Dunkin’.
Sweat socks called; they’re offended by your comment.
I usually just go with a hot chocolate, it is much harder to screw up.
We don’t have CCW up here in Canadistan, but I’m still gona grab me some hot cocoa come the 14th.
Sent Starbucks a message of support, and notified bleating nutbags of how I was going to go five extra times this week all thanks to them.
Starbucks – a better cup of coffee in a safer location.
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These idiot’s have no idea how much business they just brought to Starbucks! I never knew Starbucks was so gun friendly….but now that I do…I will ensure I buy all my coffee from Starbucks! Thank you Starbucks for supporting our Constitutional rights.
E-mail sent to Starbucks!
Dear Starbucks,
It has recently come to my attention that the “National Gun Victims Action Council” has proposed a boycott of Starbucks stores beginning on Valentines’ day. Their reasoning for this is your decision not to exercise your private property rights to remove the second amendment rights of your customers. I’m not typically a Starbucks customer, but I will take extra care to pick up some hot chocolate on Valentines’ day to show my support for your truly ‘socially responsible’ policies. Thank you for allowing this individual right to go unmolested.
-Jonathon
While this group claims “to represent 14, 000, 000 victims”, I doubt it is anything more than an office with few people. In any case my wife and I will show our support for the Second Amendment by open carrying while we have a Valentines Day coffee at our local Starbucks.
Just a suggestion,
When going into Starbucks on Feb 14 please pay with at least one $2.00 bill. They are readily available at banks but are so rarely used in “regular”currency that most cashiers rarely if ever see them. Having thousands (or tens of thousands
) show up in their cash drawers all over the country would definetly be noticed by the worker and almost certainly management.
Please post this in other blogs please.
Thank you
NukemJim
I will use a 2 dollar bill when purchasing my hot chocolate on the 14th, sounds like a good idea.
We should write out the second amendment on them before we release them into circulation, that would be cool… even if I don’t often use tangible currency.
So that explains why I keep getting shot in Starbucks.
Do you mean espresso shot?
*rimshot*
I just LOL’d — you totally made my day.
(Kroger’s Stores are not ‘gun friendly’. I have boycotted them since Thanksgiving, two years ago. They banned all firearms from their stores, right after I shot that turkey in frozen foods). I like Starbucks for no other reason, than I just like to feel upper middle class ever now and then. The Starbucks’ I go to here, are usually populated by people more at ease with their computers than they would be with a firearm. Frankly, I would rather they not carry anything that go might go ‘Bang’.
OK everyone, let’s have some real fun, shall we? Good! Listen up and please hear me out.
The antis are planning a boycott. Let’s counter with a BUYcott. On February 13, 13 & 15, please make the effort to go to Starbucks and buy something. Don’t like their coffee? Get a tea, a cocoa, a pastry, anything. Thank the clerk for Starbucks’ support of the Constitution, don’t mention 2A.
Pay with two dollar bills. Thomas Jefferson, Mr. Liberty himself. If Starbucks sees a huge influx of payment in two dollar bills, people in general, and Starbucks management in particular, are sure to notice.
Why the day before and the day after you ask? Simply to show that we have the power ( financial, organizational and political) and the wherewithal to absolutely swamp anything that the antis can muster. Bomb Starbucks with 2A love and money. Three days in a row. What’s it going to cost you? Twenty bucks tops.
There’s a Starbucks a block away from where I work in Cambridge. I plan on giving them a little extra business.
Spread the word.
A $2 bill buycott sounds like a plan.
The wife and I are going to be getting some coffee for valentines day.
Due to the hippie boycott, I plan on taking a day off work ( I have a job, I’m not a dirty hippie ), and openly carrying my semi-auto pistol at several Starbucks to show my support.
But what pistol will I wear! D:
Reading all this I am loving the $2 bill buycott idea, truly amazing. I am just going to do this for everything now, pay in $2 bills, but I am going to write out the whole second amendment on them, we should all do the same. Hardly anyone pays in hard cash (at least much less than used to be the norm) so a massive influx of specifically $2 would be noticed SO much. Truly a great idea! I love the guys in this thread who came up with it.
Starbucks with $2 bills, it is!
I don’t recommend any open carry in LA or Orange County, CA. You may get a visit, gun check, and warrant search by the local PD.
Starbucks 2nd Amendment support, and troop support, has me even more hooked as their coffee. Plus, the liberals are probably hooked on it, too, so they’ll be back on February 15. With raging headaches…