{"id":2072,"date":"2013-08-23T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/08\/23\/i-know-where-im-getting-coffee-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:22:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:22:44","slug":"i-know-where-im-getting-coffee-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2072","title":{"rendered":"I Know Where I&#8217;m Getting Coffee Tomorrow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12901,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.usatoday.com\\\/story\\\/money\\\/business\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/21\\\/starbucks-boycott-gun-control-group\\\/2681203&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.usatoday.com\\\/story\\\/money\\\/business\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/21\\\/starbucks-boycott-gun-control-group\\\/2681203&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12902,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.alphecca.com\\\/?p=2486&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12903,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/action.momsdemandaction.org\\\/page\\\/content\\\/starbucks&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12904,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.shootingwire.com\\\/features\\\/227920&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.shootingwire.com\\\/features\\\/227920&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nBy now, you may have heard of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/business\/2013\/08\/21\/starbucks-boycott-gun-control-group\/2681203\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call by the gun prohibitionists<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphecca.com\/?p=2486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Skip Starbucks Saturday&#8221;<\/a> in response to the coffee chain&#8217;s determination to remain neutral in the gun debate and to allow carry in accordance with each state&#8217;s law. To those of the gun prohibitionists&#8217; ilk, neutrality &#8211; while smart business &#8211; is <a href=\"http:\/\/action.momsdemandaction.org\/page\/content\/starbucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an affront to their crusade<\/a> to make everyone unsafe. While they would not consider a gun-free zone unsafe, those zones have become one of the favorite places for the mentally deranged to commit their heinous acts.<\/p>\n<p>So, of course, I do plan to go to one of the local Starbucks on Saturday to have some nice frou-frou coffee drink that I might not otherwise buy. The Complementary Spouse has a couple of gift cards for Starbucks that we need to use and this seems like a good time to do it.<\/p>\n<p>The good folks at Grass Roots North Carolina note that this is also an opportunity to reinforce the message that it is in all restaurants&#8217; best interest to support the expanded carry provisions of HB 937.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>No support is more clear than doing business with those who cooperate with us. We need to demonstrate, in a practical way, that standing behind North Carolina&#8217;s gun owners is a winning proposition for restaurants. Inducing failure of this anti-Second Amendment boycott will provide initial momentum for when HB 937 becomes effective in October.<\/p>\n<p><b>Support Starbucks Saturday\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As you make weekend plans be sure to include a Saturday stop at your local Starbucks for a beverage and snack. Make sure to let your barrista know that you appreciate their respect for carry laws. Drive this message home by printing-out and handing your server the message below.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The alert isn&#8217;t up on their website yet so I&#8217;m posting their card below. I don&#8217;t know if other state-based gun rights groups are doing this but I&#8217;d suggest checking their websites for details.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/grnC-Starbucks-400.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/grnC-Starbucks-400.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nThis is certainly an easier way of the getting the message across than try to find a bank that has any $2 bills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shootingwire.com\/features\/227920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Shepherd in The Shooting Wire<\/a> also has some wise words about this counter campaign with which I tend to agree. I like his statement about it being a personal choice and not a political one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>I think a gun-neutral position is smart for the company, but it seems that some groups are determined to make guns a polarizing issue. That, I don&#8217;t like- no matter which side of an issue you fall on.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;.we may find it advantageous to show up at a Starbucks (or two) this weekend, order one of their innumerable combinations of coffee and simply say &#8220;I wanted to thank Starbucks for not taking a side in the gun debate. I think it is a personal choice, not a political one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to put that into your own words- but speak them if you have the opportunity.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now, you may have heard of the call by the gun prohibitionists to &#8220;Skip Starbucks Saturday&#8221; in response&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[282,820,2884],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gun-free-zones","tag-gun-prohibitionists","tag-starbucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9409,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions\/9409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}