Leave Your Gun at the Door!

[mawhosmeda]

The coffee chain Starbucks has asked its customers in the US to stop bringing guns into its outlets.

Starbucks has not imposed a ban, but says guns "should not be part of the Starbucks experience".

The firm has recently become a focus for the pro- and anti-gun lobby, with supporters of the right to carry arms holding a Starbucks Appreciation Day.

But it said it wanted to give customers "a safe and comfortable respite from the concerns of daily life".

Starbucks has a policy of defaulting to local laws when it comes to whether people can take guns into its 7,000 US outlets.

The company's stance has won support from the pro-gun lobby, and in August campaigners staged an appreciation day at several outlets.

One location was to have been a Starbucks at Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six staff were killed in a mass shooting at a school in December. The outlet was closed before the event began.

A Starbucks appreciation day--a new coffee experience!

 

[Dr. Aaoouh]

The coffee chain Starbucks has asked its customers in the US to stop bringing guns into its outlets.

Starbucks has not imposed a ban, but says guns "should not be part of the Starbucks experience".

The firm has recently become a focus for the pro- and anti-gun lobby, with supporters of the right to carry arms holding a Starbucks Appreciation Day.

But it said it wanted to give customers "a safe and comfortable respite from the concerns of daily life".

Starbucks has a policy of defaulting to local laws when it comes to whether people can take guns into its 7,000 US outlets.

The company's stance has won support from the pro-gun lobby, and in August campaigners staged an appreciation day at several outlets.

One location was to have been a Starbucks at Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six staff were killed in a mass shooting at a school in December. The outlet was closed before the event began.

A Starbucks appreciation day--a new coffee experience!

The big law that the gun nuts want passed in each state (and they are getting their way) is conceal and carry. So if you go to a state where the stupid is particularly strong, like Florida, half the people around you might be armed and you'll never know it.

 

[INFERNO]

So, who would shoot the shooter should a shooter show up?

 

[Dr. Aaoouh]

So, who would shoot the shooter should a shooter show up?

I think the idea is that everyone would.

 

[mawhosmeda]

So, who would shoot the shooter should a shooter show up?

Thats the logic of the gun lobby for arming teachers in schools!

 

[mawhosmeda]

The big law that the gun nuts want passed in each state (and they are getting their way) is conceal and carry. So if you go to a state where the stupid is particularly strong, like Florida, half the people around you might be armed and you'll never know it.

Gun-related death rates in the United States are eight times higher than they are in countries that are economically and politically similar to it; however, most countries similar to the United States have a more secure social network. Higher gun-related death rates can be found in developing countries and countries with political instability.[28][32][33] However, developed countries with strict gun laws have essentially eliminated gun violence.[34][35][36][

I cannot understand a political system that is afraid to take on a gun lobby who are advocating policies that have killed more Americans in the past thirty years than were killed in all American wars since and including WW1

 

[Dr. Aaoouh]

Gun-related death rates in the United States are eight times higher than they are in countries that are economically and politically similar to it; however, most countries similar to the United States have a more secure social network. Higher gun-related death rates can be found in developing countries and countries with political instability.[28][32][33] However, developed countries with strict gun laws have essentially eliminated gun violence.[34][35][36][

I cannot understand a political system that is afraid to take on a gun lobby who are advocating policies that have killed more Americans in the past thirty years than were killed in all American wars since and including WW1

The gun lobby has massive financial resources. Gun sales is a BIG business in the US. And they will target even moderate gun control politicians and destroy them as examples to the others. There are a few other lobbies that can and do this, but the gun lobby is one of the most vicious.

 

[mawhosmeda]

The gun lobby has massive financial resources. Gun sales is a BIG business in the US. And they will target even moderate gun control politicians and destroy them as examples to the others. There are a few other lobbies that can and do this, but the gun lobby is one of the most vicious.

If that is the case there is a major Democratic deficit in the US

 

[Dr. Aaoouh]

If that is the case there is a major Democratic deficit in the US

Tell me about it

 

[mawhosmeda]

Tell me about it

the Democratic deficit!