Starbucks and Guns

[Wind Song]

The only 'protests' were from anti-gun. Get it?

Not true. Groups of open carry advocates go to Starbucks for their meetings and they are all armed.

[Kathianne]

If a person is drunk and angry and is carrying a lethal weapon, chances are someone's gonna be hurt, badly, perhaps fatally.

Drunks and Starbucks don't usually go together. Can't say they won't, but most drunks aren't looking for the $4 buck coffee.

[Kathianne]

OT sorta. I just want to give a mass 'thanks' to all who've given me thanks for my posts. I can't reply individually, well at least not today! LOL!

[DragonStryk72]

The other businesses that pulled this stunt took steps to ensure their employees and customers safety by banning weapons in their places of business.

You want to FORCE businesses to open their doors to people with guns?

You want to FORCE businesses to close their doors to people with guns?

That doesn't prove anything, WS. How are you or anyone else made unsafe by the mere presence of firearms?

[Missileman]

If a person is drunk and angry and is carrying a lethal weapon, chances are someone's gonna be hurt, badly, perhaps fatally.

So your position really IS that people with hands should be banned from Starbucks?

[Kathianne]

You want to FORCE businesses to close their doors to people with guns?

That doesn't prove anything, WS. How are you or anyone else made unsafe by the mere presence of firearms?

Not to mention, illegal according to state law.

[Trigg]

If a person is drunk and angry and is carrying a lethal weapon, chances are someone's gonna be hurt, badly, perhaps fatally.

You are 100% correct!

Now I think we should also ban

forks
baseball bats
hammers
knives- for sure
fingernail clippers-the airlines deem those a weapon afterall so we should also.
cast iron skillets- dangerous little suckers
lamps
glass bottles


I bet you don't even realize how irrational you sound

[jimnyc]

1. You stated you "don't like queers".

2. You stated that if you walked into a Starbucks full of gay's you would leave.

3. You started a flame thread to bait me into discussing a topic I'm not interested in talking to you about.

4. Other companies sensibly banned the open carry of lethal weapons.

Tell me what would be in your mind, what would possess you or motivate you, to go into a Starbucks with a handgun or a shotgun?

Points 1-4 I'm trying to show you the hypocrisy of YOUR words. I wouldn't leave if Starbucks were full of queers, but you can't possibly imagine why someone even would. I don't want to take away rights from queers, but you want to take them away from gun owners. In fact, just me talking about an opposing opinion makes you want to ignore me. So you will stand up for what rights you think you have, but you want rights taken away from others. But you refuse to address this here, or in the other thread. It wasn't flaming, but showing that your logic makes no sense, and you want to make law based on your emotions, and disregard the COTUS when it's convenient to you.

[jimnyc]

Starbucks policy is to open their doors and welcome people who are carrying lethal weapons into their stores. I think people should leave their weapons in their homes or cars when out in public.


All the other businesses made policies prohibiting guns in their businesses. That is safe policy.

No, that would be YOUR policy. Guns are already VERY safe when in the hands of responsible people. AND, that's their right to carry/own a gun. Simply because YOU don't like the idea of them being in Starbucks, you feel they as a company should side with you, COTUS aside.

[MtnBiker]

How would you feel going in for your latte and finding all the other patrons armed to the teeth?

I would feel less threatened by patrons armed with constitutional guns rights then liberals armed with wastefull tax and spend policies.

[Wind Song]

I would feel less threatened by patrons armed with constitutional guns rights then liberals armed with wastefull tax and spend policies.

I hope you enjoyed your liberal bash post.

[Wind Song]

No, that would be YOUR policy. Guns are already VERY safe when in the hands of responsible people. AND, that's their right to carry/own a gun. Simply because YOU don't like the idea of them being in Starbucks, you feel they as a company should side with you, COTUS aside.

I can feel anyway I like. That's MY right.

[Wind Song]

Points 1-4 I'm trying to show you the hypocrisy of YOUR words. I wouldn't leave if Starbucks were full of queers, but you can't possibly imagine why someone even would. I don't want to take away rights from queers, but you want to take them away from gun owners. In fact, just me talking about an opposing opinion makes you want to ignore me. So you will stand up for what rights you think you have, but you want rights taken away from others. But you refuse to address this here, or in the other thread. It wasn't flaming, but showing that your logic makes no sense, and you want to make law based on your emotions, and disregard the COTUS when it's convenient to you.

You were flaming, using queer bait. Nothing new.

[Wind Song]

You are 100% correct!

Now I think we should also ban

forks
baseball bats
hammers
knives- for sure
fingernail clippers-the airlines deem those a weapon afterall so we should also.
cast iron skillets- dangerous little suckers
lamps
glass bottles


I bet you don't even realize how irrational you sound

I work with domestic violence victims. Fatality increases exponentially in DV homes with guns. I know too many scary dudes with guns. The last thing I need to do on a break is to walk into a coffee shop filled with armed strangers.

Gun owners aren't content to own lethal weapons, keep them at home or in their cars. Now they want to parade around EVERYWHERE and be in EVERY public place. I object.

[fj1200]

I'd hardly call having a gun shoved in your face equality for all. Any gun any time any place must end. What message does a posse of armed gun nuts give a group of high school students in Starbucks?

I just identified your tag line for this, and probably other, threads. How did "Skittles and iced tea" work for you last time?