The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
I will have more to say on the Starbucks situation in a bit. I am actually working up a fairly lengthy post about this in my head. Probably two posts, really, but I am in meetings all day today and won’t have time to really bang them out on the keyboard until later tonight. There’s … Continue reading “More on the Starbucks Situation Later”
There’s always a risk when bringing this issue up of summoning the drama llama, but I can’t help but think Starbucks Coffee has shown sufficient resolve to follow the laws of the respective states with regards to carry that dragging the company further into this issue may very well be unproductive. I think that goes … Continue reading “Time to Give Starbucks a Break: 2013 Edition”
I notice there’s still quite a lot of pictures of guns and coffee appearing on Starbucks’ Facebook page. I would like to note that Starbucks never asked for their brand to be associated with gun rights; all they want to do is sell coffee. Now that two days have passed since the end of the … Continue reading “Time to Give Starbucks a Break”
Thirdpower’s Starbucks Appreciation today was paid for by a surprising source. And he still had some money left over for some ammo. I have verified the check is authentic. I’ve known Thirdpower is a trustworthy source, but the idea that they’d actually cut him a check was so ridiculous, I just had a hard time believing … Continue reading “Starbucks and the Opposition”
Jacob is wondering who’s paying for the ad on the Times Square jumbo-tron. My guess is that, as a 501(c)(3), they got some PSA time, meaning that PRNewswire ran it for them gratis. Not that it matters, as their boycott is still going to be made of epic fail. Last night, the Starbucks Appreciation Event … Continue reading “NGVAC Ad in Times Square on Starbucks Protest”
Makes me wonder how loud they are going to have to say no before the gun control groups get it: As the public debate continues, we are asking all interested parties to refrain from putting Starbucks or our partners into the middle of this divisive issue. As a company, we are extremely sensitive to the … Continue reading “Starbucks Continuing to Hold”
If you haven’t gone down to your local Starbucks and gotten some caffeination or other product, please do. It shows them that there’s a lot of upside to staying out of the gun debate. I myself am a tea drinker, but I really like their Chai Lattes (it’s like pumpkin pie in a cup), so … Continue reading “Shown Your Appreciation Yet?”
Paul Barrett, the author of “Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun” is someone I’d classify as outside the gun culture looking in. He’s been willing to learn and take the subject seriously, which is more than you can say for a lot of journalists. A comment tipped me off to an article in Bloomberg Businesses … Continue reading “Third Party Opinions are Always Useful”
We got a media contact today from a reporter at the LA Times’ Seattle bureau, who was looking for a blogger to interview. Unfortunately for me, she wanted someone to go on record with a real name, so I referred her to Joe Huffman, who is quoted in the article. Joe was the person who originally … Continue reading “LA Times Article on the Buycott”
Yesterday was a pretty eventful day, and I’d like to recognize two big spenders in the Starbucks Appreciation Buycott. The first is Barron Barnett, who spent $72 dollars sending some coffee over to our troops. The second is Joe Huffman, who spent 132 bucks yesterday. [UPDATE: From Barron in the Comments “That wasn’t me, that … Continue reading “Big Spenders”
