{"id":26163,"date":"2012-02-13T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T18:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=26163"},"modified":"2012-02-13T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T18:03:48","slug":"support-starbucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=26163","title":{"rendered":"Support Starbucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since they’ve solved all the nation’s other problems, President Obama and his minions and the media (pardon the redundancy) are going back to liberal basics; they are beating the drums for gun control (there’s a much bigger piece on the subject coming soon).<\/p>\n

Part of this is some renewed activity on the part of the myriad astroturf gun control “groups” – almost invariably tiny groups of addled activists – to try to push the anti-human-liberty agenda. \u00a0 These groups and their tiny but clout-enhanced coteries of followers – whom I affectionately call “orcs”, because they represent everything Tolkien intended with his fictional soldiers of darkness – are trying, with the full connivance of the mainstream media, to agitate for gun control, or at the very least enhanced harassment of the law-abiding gun owner.<\/p>\n

Starbucks is in the crosshairs.<\/p>\n

When the orcs approached some <\/em>national coffee chains, they found a willing audience that was in tune with the shallow, showy, shrill politics of their most stereotypical customers – shallow, showy, shrill liberal coffee drinkers. Some national chains banned guns (in the hands of the law-abiding citizen – carry permit holders and the like) on their premises.<\/p>\n

Starbucks held the line for liberty, enacting a policy that deferred to local laws – as any sensible business should.<\/p>\n

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For supporting the human right to self-defense, I'll say "thanks" in part by giving them a free ad on my site.<\/p><\/div>\n

The orcs are organizing to try to boycott Starbucks.<\/p>\n

An anti-gun group is attempting to organize a nationwide Valentine’s Day boycott of Starbucks over the coffee chain’s gun policy.<\/p>\n

Starbucks does not ban guns in its stores; rather, it defers to local laws. The National Gun Victim’s Action Council (NGAC) says that amounts to a pro-gun policy that endangers customers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gun owners, and other civil rights activists, are rallying to support The Buck tomorrow. \u00a0If you support civil rights, do the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to Starbucks on Tuesday<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0I don’t care if the thought of spending $2 for a cup of coffee galls you – it does me too. \u00a0But swallow your pride and buy a damn cup. \u00a0And then…<\/li>\n
  2. Tell the manager why<\/strong>. \u00a0I never <\/em>go to Starbucks. \u00a0But I will – because <\/em>of their principled stance. \u00a0I will tell the manager to his\/her face exactly why I’m supporting them. \u00a0Leave a tip for the barrista, while you’re at it.<\/li>\n
  3. Go to Starbucks.com<\/a>, or their Facebook <\/a>and Twitter <\/a>pages,\u00a0and tell them what you told the manager<\/strong>. \u00a0Be polite, professional and civil; don’t get in their way; maybe just leave them a note.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Too often we gun owners – like conservatives as a whole, when social issues come up – are as quiet and unassuming as our concealed firearms. \u00a0Orc groups – the NGAC, “Citizens for a “Safer”<\/del> Supine Minnesota and the VIolence Policy Center make up for their dearth in numbers by making lots of noise (having a sympathetic media doesn’t hurt ’em, of course).<\/p>\n

    It’s time to speak up. \u00a0And caff up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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