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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pritch" data-source="post: 2269296" data-attributes="member: 30299">I'm new here, so I should keep my trap shut but coming from Washington I have some context that may be helpful.  The reason Starbucks became the center of this controversy is because some dirtbag came into a coffee shop (not a Starbucks) and shot up a bunch of cops.  The gun control library's descended and petitioned them to ban all firearms, which they did.  Several other chains followed suit, but Starbucks rebuffed the pressure, saying that they would follow whatever the local law was.  Gun control Nazis threatened a boycott and the 2a crowd, including the Open Carry guys made a point of patronizing Starbucks to counter any boycott.Starbucks is not pro-gun. The are at best neutral. They prohibit their employees from carrying either at their stores or corporate facilities.  Starbucks is a liberal company and I would prefer to spend my money elsewhere.  That being said, I like Starbucks coffee and am a regular customer.  I've tried the others and they just don't do it for me.  I appreciate that they took a courageous stance to not be bullied by the gun control crowd, with whom I suspect they agree. Our parading around their places of business, not as customers but as political messengers is doing neither them nor our cause any good.  They can just as easily decide that they don't want to be a forum for this nonsense and ban firearms. And that little victory will be thanks to obnoxious, "Look at me!" Open carriers.  Thanks.  Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD</blockquote>

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