Boycott of Starbucks

Look at the number of people who have joined this boycott, vesus the number who have viewed it!!!  Liberals who think that banning guns will reduce crime are out of touch with reality!!  The fact is the when law-abiding citizens carry guns crime is deterred!

Look at what Thomas Jefferson had to say:

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”

Personally I try to go only to businesses that ALLOW concealed weapons.  If a bad guy shows up at one of these places, I know that there will be protection.  The idea that a "sign" will stop crime is ridiculous!!!

If I were of the criminal element, I would search for all the stores that prohibit weapons inside, and rob them.  Why not? I would be the only person in there with a weapon?  Who would defend the store? Who would defend the lives of the customers and employees? I am the only one with a weapon. 

The idea that Starbucks or any other business declaring that guns are not allowed on the premises will prevent gun violence is utterly incomprehensible. Gun bans force the good guys who happen to carry weapons to take their business elsewhere, those who have gone through training and undergone background checks. Gun bans do NOT stop the bad guys who use weapons to commit crimes. Think about it: bad guy decides they're going to go rob or shoot up a coffee shop, walking up to the front door they see a sticker announcing that guns aren't allowed inside - do you think they're going to turn around and leave peacefully? Idiotic crap!

I cant wait till the 14th.  no waiting in line and I wont have to be around people who are anti gun.  If they really truly were angainst guns, they would boycott Starbucks permanently.  

The backers of this boycott and the like operate on deliberate ignorance and do not deserve freedom they now enjoy.

you anti-self-defense loonie-toons can suck it. I'm going to Starbucks every day between now and the 14th... with a gun on my hip.

I don't drink coffee but I'll be supporting Starbucks now thanks to you anti gun lunatics.

Buying a new coffe cup 2 pounds of beans and getting expresso for the whole family.

Inoticed that some people seemed to be outraged by other people carring a gun of some kind. But no one has seen them hurt any one or shoot someone. The guns themselves will never hurt anyone and it is important for all of scoiety to know that in the usa we are allowed to protect our families. This does help keep us safe and the people in power to at least have some restraint in dealing with us 

Handling a gun can give a person a sense of power - a stimulant not to dissimilar to a few drinks, a cigarette after a long day, a strong cup of coffee or perhaps a hit of cocaine. A gun addiction might start with target practice and lead to a feeling of needing protection.

But to reply to the below comment:  MacDonald's coffee and atmosphere just don't match that of Starbucks (even though their coffee prices are about the same).  We like hanging out at Starbucks for hours with our Apple laptop, we just don't think customers need to bring deadly weapons when they come in for coffee, and we're hoping the good people at Starbucks will eventually see how uncool it is, and change their policy...like Peets Coffee and Tea Co.

And here's a recent letter to the New York Times:  

To the Editor:

In reading "Sadness Adside, No Shift Seen on Gun Laws"  (front page, Jan. 14), I am despondent.

We are becoming a nation of wimps, with members of Congress who refuse to stand up to the National Rifle Association.

There is no reason for private ownership of guns, especially automatic and semiautomatic ones.  Nor do I understnd the rationale behind the proposal to "limit" the purchase of a gun to one a month.  Really?  Does anyone need 12 guns per year?

Why have we allowed people not only to own guns but also to conceal them when they are on the streets, in restaurants, in bars and in some national parks?

Bills have been proposed to allow students and professors to take guns to school.  What professor won't worry about giving failing grades when an angry student can march into his office and shoot him?  Is this a civilized society or a resurgence of the Wild West?

Carol Delaney

Providence, R. I., Jan 14, 2011

The writer is emerita professor of cultural and social anthropology, Stanford University. 

If you do not like it go to mcdonalds and get your coffee.

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If you dont like honest citizens carrying guns then go to the places that dont allow it.


Thank you,  that's exactly what a boycott is for. 

If you, the signers of this boycott object to the presence of guns carried by "honest" citizens or not, in Starbucks or other establishments, then by staying away (boycotting) these places you are, in your numbers letting the corporate management know you don't feel comfortable drinking coffee with a gunslinger at the next table and are shopping elsewhere. 

This comes down to property owners decision.  Property owners should have the right in a free society to decide what they will allow on thier property.  Be it the carrying of guns or smoking.  For every buisness that allows a person to carry guns there will be others that dont allow it.  If you dont like honest citizens carrying guns then go to the places that dont allow it.  Just the same if you dont like smoke in a bar go to a bar that doesnt allow it. Dont strong arm the property owners into not having the choice what they will allow on the property that they pay taxes on.  You wouldnt like it if the goverment stepped in and said that you cant watch a certain program in your house or you cant eat a certain food in your house.  You dont want the goverment stepping in and over regulating what you are able to do in your home. Why should they have the right to tell buisness owners what they can and cant allow on thier property.