New Poll: Starbucks is right to request no guns in stores (1 Viewer)

[The_Lillard_King]

SEATTLE -- Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz has made it clear he doesn't want customers bringing guns into his coffee shops. Now a new poll reveals Americans agree with him by a two to one margin.

Quinnipiac University in Connecticut found 66% of registered voters say the Seattle-based coffee chain's no-gun request is a good idea. Twenty-three percent call it a bad idea.


So if the city allows me to carry a loaded gun and if I have a CCW permit . . . why can't I be packing while getting all caffeinated out?

 

[magnifier661]

Pussy ass liberals!

 

[DaLincolnJones]

SEATTLE -- Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz has made it clear he doesn't want customers bringing guns into his coffee shops. Now a new poll reveals Americans agree with him by a two to one margin.

Quinnipiac University in Connecticut found 66% of registered voters say the Seattle-based coffee chain's no-gun request is a good idea. Twenty-three percent call it a bad idea.


So if the city allows me to carry a loaded gun and if I have a CCW permit . . . why can't I be packing while getting all caffeinated out?

I guess not for coffee, but at the local strip club..have at it..

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'll always associate Schutlz with the whole sonics fiasco.

 

[magnifier661]

I'll always associate Schutlz with the whole sonics fiasco.

Maybe he's worried that sonic fans will shoot up his stores?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

From what I understand is that they will still serve you if you have a gun with you they would just appreciate if you didn't. It's not like they've established a no shirt, no shoes, no gun, no service policy.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

From what I understand is that they will still serve you if you have a gun with you they would just appreciate if you didn't. It's not like they've established a no shirt, no shoes, no gun, no service policy.

If I have a gun . . . damn right they are going to serve me!




But I thought there would be an outcry of constitutional rights . . . who is Starbucks to take away my constitutional rights?

 

[Nate4Prez]

Arizona, not a liberal state in the least, has had this law for sometime. If the owner of an establishment puts up a sign that says you cannot bring your firearm inside, even with a concealed carry, you cannot. I see these signs everywhere in Arizona.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If I have a gun . . . damn right they are going to serve me!




But I thought there would be an outcry of constitutional rights . . . who is Starbucks to take away my constitutional rights?

I thought it was a bad business decision for Starbucks to make considering cops hang out there more than they do donut shops these days.

 

[Natebishop3]

If you own a business, you can ask people not to bring in guns. Doesn't mean they'll listen though.

 

[MARIS61]

1. It's no different than discriminating against gay right's activists.

2. The Second Amendment > State's Rights

3. The Second Amendment > Corporate Rights

 

[mook]

My rights as an individual supersede your rights as a gun owner if you come into my home or business. You are on my private property, and I should have the right to kick you out if you disagree with my personal opinions about guns, blonds, vodka, or the rising price of inflatable sex toys. It's my property.

It's not about rights. It's about whether this is good business. Personally, if I were running Starbucks I'd probably lay low on the issue. Why associate guns with drinking coffee in any sort of capacity. By publicly speaking about it you piss off gun owners. Also, you make it seem like people who don't like guns should have to think about guns when going into a Starbucks. I just don't see the upside from a PR standpoint.

 

[Denny Crane]

Schultz doesn't own Starbucks. The public does (shareholders). Thus the stores aren't private property. It is private in the sense the govt. doesn't own it, but it is publicly owned.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

My rights as an individual supersede your rights as a gun owner if you come into my home or business. You are on my private property, and I should have the right to kick you out if you disagree with my personal opinions about guns, blonds, vodka, or the rising price of inflatable sex toys. It's my property.

It's not about rights. It's about whether this is good business. Personally, if I were running Starbucks I'd probably lay low on the issue. Why associate guns with drinking coffee in any sort of capacity. By publicly speaking about it you piss off gun owners. Also, you make it seem like people who don't like guns should have to think about guns when going into a Starbucks. I just don't see the upside from a PR standpoint.

So as it stand in our country:

If someone is gay, Starbucks has to serve them . . . but if someone exercise their constitutional right to have a gun they can be denied service.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

So as it stand in our country:

If someone is gay, Starbucks has to serve them . . . but if someone exercise their constitutional right to have a gun they can be denied service.

Again, I don't believe that Starbucks will not serve you if you have a gun. I believe there are just asking people not to bring them there.

 

[BlazerWookee]

SEATTLE -- Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz has made it clear he doesn't want customers bringing guns into his coffee shops. Now a new poll reveals Americans agree with him by a two to one margin.

Quinnipiac University in Connecticut found 66% of registered voters say the Seattle-based coffee chain's no-gun request is a good idea. Twenty-three percent call it a bad idea.


So if the city allows me to carry a loaded gun and if I have a CCW permit . . . why can't I be packing while getting all caffeinated out?

Americans, or Starbucks regulars? Methinks the two groups don't have the same left/right ratios...

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'm curious because I don't know but if you have a concealed carry permit can you bring a gun to a Blazer game? I know that they run everyone through a metal detector now but if you are legally allowed to have a gun will they pass you through?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Americans, or Starbucks regulars? Methinks the two groups don't have the same left/right ratios...

So Starbucks regulars aren't Americans?

 

[Run BJM]

I'm curious because I don't know but if you have a concealed carry permit can you bring a gun to a Blazer game? I know that they run everyone through a metal detector now but if you are legally allowed to have a gun will they pass you through?

I reckon your purchasing a ticket requires you to abide by certain terms, one of which is they can dictate what you can and can't bring into the arena.

 

[Run BJM]

Arizona, not a liberal state in the least, has had this law for sometime. If the owner of an establishment puts up a sign that says you cannot bring your firearm inside, even with a concealed carry, you cannot. I see these signs everywhere in Arizona.

Makes sense that its more common in states where concealed carry is more prevalent. In CA stores don't have the signs because virtually no one has a CC permit in any decently populated county.

 

[donkiez]

What prompted this was Starbucks Appreciation Day events being organized at many Starbucks. These were where gun enthusiasts were organizing large meet ups online to celebrate their freedoms, guns, coffee, and heehaw. Can’t imagine why Starbucks thought that was bad for business.