I'll take a coffee frappuccino. Why yes, that is a Glock model 22. How nice of you to notice.
Keeping with my current theme of firearm rights I had to comment on the current spike in publicity on businesses that are inviting firearm owners to legally carry inside their premises. Or, the fact other businesses are posting their premises as off limits for firearms even when legal. In states where it is legal to carry a firearm in open view (or concealed if you have a conceal carry permit), firearm owners have been showing their muscle and testing the laws. And businesses have been following suite. Just because the law allows you to openly carry doesn’t mean businesses have to allow you entry. It’s all based on the ways state laws are structured. It’s kind of like the “no shirt, no shoes, no service” rule.
So why the battle may be building elsewhere one company has decided to stay out of the fight and allow customers to openly carry when state law allows.
That one company is Starbucks. Yes, you heard right.
Starbucks, unlike several other large chains, has decided not to be drawn into a fight between law-abiding firearm owners and firearm opponents. If the law allows open carry, come on in and order a “ccino” drink.
I have to admit, I’ve always looked at Starbucks as a place where metrosexuals hang out. I’m sure they have great coffee, but until recently I’ve never lived close to a Starbucks chain store and my view of them was formed from TV. It always seemed like people from the cast of “Friends” hung out there, not blue collar, truck driving, hunting folks. Hearing this news about the company has greatly changed my opinion. In fact, next time I pass a Starbucks I may just swing in to order a foamy explosion of caffeine just to say thanks.
Mark Kayser
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