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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why You Should Shop Starbucks on Valentine's Day [View all]
Starbucks' "Pro-Gun" Policy Prompts Gun Victims' Advocate Group to Launch Nationwide Boycott on Valentine's Day 2012
CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A nationwide boycott of Starbucks stores and its products will be launched on Valentine's Day 2012. Its goal is to eliminate the risk of guns in public places and ultimately to bring sane gun laws to the U.S.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/23/4208271/starbucks-pro-gun-policy-prompts.html#storylink=cpy
CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A nationwide boycott of Starbucks stores and its products will be launched on Valentine's Day 2012. Its goal is to eliminate the risk of guns in public places and ultimately to bring sane gun laws to the U.S.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/23/4208271/starbucks-pro-gun-policy-prompts.html#storylink=cpy
I never buy Starbucks, but I'll be sure to stop by on Valentine's Day.
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But if gun owners "different values and different attitudes" don't represent a direct threat
hack89
Jan 2012
#31
Well, as pointed out their 14,000,000 "supporters" make their numbers suspect right off the bat...
virginia mountainman
Jan 2012
#13
Elliot Fineman started this group in 2006 out of his grief of his murdered son.
aikoaiko
Jan 2012
#14
Not quite -- a paranoid schizophrenic who got gun LEGALLY. Happens every day because of gun culture.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#34
Quite. If people did more to help treat mental illness instead of ranting againt gun culture...
aikoaiko
Jan 2012
#39
Let's assume that a thousand "RKBA militants" show up at Starbucks on Valentine's Day.
Jean V. Dubois
Jan 2012
#23
Whatever Wins You've Got Are Due To An Obsessive, Single-Issue Political Focus.....
Paladin
Jan 2012
#27
"An Obsessive, Single-Issue Political Focus." - like Elliot Fineman's?
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2012
#28
"What percentage of your DU posts are gun-related? 90%? 98%? That's not "diligence,"
Simo 1939_1940
Jan 2012
#37
Some members of the "buycott" are suggesting tipping/spending with 2 dollar bills.*
Simo 1939_1940
Jan 2012
#47
Unfortunately, some gun owners are dragging Starbucks into this as well:
Simo 1939_1940
Jan 2012
#56