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Demanding Moms Claim Responsibility for National Chains’ ‘No Open Carry’ Policies

September 21, 2019 by John Boch

Shannon Watts never has to work hard to find a sympathetic voice in the media to advance her anti-gun agenda. This time, a story at Fast Company implies that Michael Bloomberg’s astroturf group of demanding moms played a prominent role in Walmart and other chains asking customers not to open carry in their stores. At … Read more

To Hell With Star*ucks: There Are Other Options

September 18, 2013 by ttag

Star*ucks just opened a new store near my house, but since I’ll never go there again I’ve had to find another place to feed my caffeine habit. Luckily in my neck of the woods there’s a better option for drive-through mocha maniacs: Dutch Bros. . . .

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Releases Dodgy Poll on Starbucks Open Carry Policy

May 14, 2010 by Robert Farago

Whenever I’m confronted (confronted I tell you) by a poll from an advocacy group, I pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Only in this case—The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence’s survey on whether or not Starbucks should allow guns on premises (presumably where it is legal to do so)—it’s a woman. And how. Lake Research declares that “We’re a woman-owned business with a commitment to diversity. We have a strong client screen built upon our core values, working only for pro-choice candidates, clients with whom our labor friends can work, and good corporate citizens. Check our competitors’ client lists – you’ll find many cannot say the same.” Ain’t that the truth. “Our principals are leading information and political campaign strategists, serving as tacticians and senior advisors to a wide range of advocacy groups, labor unions, non-profits, government agencies, companies and foundations, as well as dozens of elected officials at all levels of the electoral process.” And that. Now, those “results” . . .

Jimmy Kimmell Starbucks Guns. What Else Do You Need to Know?

February 2, 2025April 1, 2010 by Robert Farago

NB: Fingers OFF the triggers boys.

Starbucks CEO: “Only Unloaded Guns at Starbucks”

February 2, 2025March 25, 2010 by Robert Farago

So, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz screwed the pooch at the shareholder’s meeting re: the whole gun control thing. Maybe. After a sensible statement about the logistical issues surrounding the idea of asking employees to frisk customers for firearms (or some such thing), Schultz apparently shot himself in the [metaphorical] foot. “I do want to clarify something you said that is not right,” he told one gun ban-favoring shareholder. “You can’t walk into Starbucks with a loaded gun. So that’s not the issue. The issue is, the law allows you to walk in with a weapon that people can see that is unloaded.” Needless to say, Paul WE CAN’T LEAVE STARBUCKS ALONE Helmke of The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence was all over Mr. Coffee’s statement like a cheap suit. Writing in his home-away-from-home, Helmke once again wore out his welcome.

WHY CAN’T THEY JUST LEAVE STARBUCKS ALONE?

February 2, 2025March 24, 2010 by Robert Farago

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence doesn’t like guns. They don’t want private citizens to own guns unless they really, really have to. (And probably not even then.) Some of those gun-toting private citizens caffeinate at Starbucks. Some of these coffee-drinking gun owners take their guns into Starbucks—where it is legal to do so. Starbucks bans employees from packing heat, but doesn’t ban law-abiding concealed carry customers. SO WHAT? WHO CARES? It’s not as if Starbucks is the locus of accidental firearms discharges. Or spree shootings. (In fact, we know of at least one widely unreported example where a Starbucks was robbed at gunpoint.) The only reason The Brady bunch has targeted Starbucks: a California Open Carry organization held a meeting there. GET OVER IT. MOVE ON. Go kick someone’s ass who’s got a dog in this hunt. But nooooooo. Writing in The Huffington Post, Brady Prez Paul Helmke lashed out at the Seattle chain’s institutional investors.

Starbucks, Guns & Doonesbury. Fair Use?

February 2, 2025March 22, 2010 by Robert Farago

Texas Starbucks Robbed At Gunpoint

February 2, 2025March 18, 2010 by ttag

Lost among the hyperbole of Starbucks’ policy of allowing local custom/laws to determine their position on conceal carry is the question: “has Starbucks ever been robbed at gunpoint?” To which I can reply without hesitation, “yes.” My ex-wife witnessed an armed robbery at a Texas Starbucks. It went down like this . . .

NYT: “Should customers be free to sip Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Lattes at their laptop screens while brandishing a gleaming Ruger .357?”

February 20, 2010 by Robert Farago

The New York Times’ Op Ed team has weighed-in on the controversy surrounding licensed gun owners bringing their firearm into restaurants. The story hit the headlines when Virginia moved to rescind its ban on concealed carry weapons in eateries, provided the licensed owner doesn’t drink excessively (go figure). Needless to say, The Gray Lady comes … Read more

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