Anti-gun group wants Starbucks to prohibit customers from openly carrying guns in its

[222lifer]

Originally Posted by mudflap560

222, don't you think someones feeling and beliefs toward weapons is dependent upon how they were raised. There was a time in this country if you were not armed you were in the minority. Today that is reversed.

Having said that let's use this example. This is a true story!

Several years ago my wife and I lived in a very rural area. Down the road was a gun club with several ranges. The Sheriff Department used these ranges and also there were shooting events held monthly.

One week my sister in law was visiting. When she heard the sound of gun fire, she became alarmed and commented that "the sound of gunfire is very scary". I tried to explain what it was and where it was coming from but she just couldn't understand why her sister and I were not in a panic as she was.

Now to fully understand my sister in law you must know that she was raised in an urban enviroment and has always lived in a large urban area where most law abiding citizens do not have weapons, yet gun violance is an everyday occurance. You must also remember that when she comes home from work, as a school teacher, she locks and double locks the door behind her for fear that some violent gangbanger may try to make her his next victim. She would never consider arming herself for protection or having a weapon at home for protection as "guns kill people".

Now when someone with such an anti gun attitude, is a teacher, how can her beliefs not rub off on the students that she teaches?

I agree with you Mudflap. It has a lot to do with where you live and what you have been subjected to. Almost everyone around here is packing....Concealed and open carry....Very few are afraid of guns.....Lot's of skidish gangbangers. We still have those that speak out against gun rights and how they fear those of us who enjoy the shooting sports.....Not as many as most cities though.

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SEATTTLE (AP) — Coffee chain Starbucks said Wednesday it's sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it's legal and is asking not to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate.

Starbucks: Letting customers wear guns is just business - USATODAY.com

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EDITORIAL: Packing a gun in Starbucks - Washington Times

Quote:Starbucks has taken some flak for its stand. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, an organization that has supported gun bans in Washington and Chicago, wants guns kept out of Starbucks. Collecting signatures from across the country, the gun controllers announced this week that they have gathered 28,000 signatures to try to pressure the bean sellers to hang fire. What the Brady Campaign actually did is misfire.

[mudflap560]

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010...-in-starbucks/

Here is some free PR advice for those who support gun bans: 28,000 signatures from a country of 200-some million adults is embarrassingly small. The National Rifle Association, with more than 4 million members, could collect that many signatures for the opposite position in less than an hour. It's obvious which side won this duel. Despite all the harping from the left, a spokesman for Starbucks said last week that the company is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it's legal.

From sea to shining sea, the climate for guns is changing, and the progress extends beyond Starbucks. Major retailers such as Home Depot, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble apparently also are friendly to people who openly pack heat, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Brady Campaign warns businesses that allowing customers to carry guns will scare away other customers. Yet it seems pretty obvious that the businesses themselves - despite all the pressure they face from trial lawyers and bureaucrats to ban guns - are in a much better position to know what their customers want.

Must be the old saying, "the customer is always right", has a whole new meaning now!

[222lifer]

A couple of good sayings mudflap. The customer is always right.....If you want my guns you will have to pry my cold dead fingers from them.

It is articles such as these posted that scare the living daylights out of those that wish our country harm. If they were to invade us the biggest problem they would have would not be our military. It would be the townships militia.