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If you want to get folks to notice a gun thread (Original Post) BainsBane Aug 2013 OP
Fair Point! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #1
Or Olive Garden... ellisonz Aug 2013 #2
lol! thats funny :p darkangel218 Aug 2013 #3
case in point jimmy the one Aug 2013 #4
You must have missed this BainsBane Aug 2013 #5

jimmy the one

(2,717 posts)
4. case in point
Sat Aug 10, 2013, 08:27 AM
Aug 2013

Maybe this is what you refer to:

aug9,2013: Newtown group objects to gun rights rally at Starbucks NBC News A gun control group in Newtown, Conn., is standing up against gun rights advocates planning a rally at a local Starbucks. Newtown Action Alliance objected to a "Starbucks Appreciation Day" Friday, saying the community was still healing. The group encouraged Starbucks to evaluate its policy allowing guns in their stores.
Gun rights supporters embarked on a nationwide effort to spend money at local Starbucks stores, supporting the Seattle-based coffee chain’s policy of abiding by state laws allowing an open policy on carrying weapons inside their establishments. The event was initiated and advertised through a Facebook event page created by gun owners urging firearm supporters to visit Starbucks carrying firearms or wearing pro-gun rights apparel to show their appreciation.
“Starbucks is allowing us to lawfully carry firearms in their store. Recently, they have been the target of unjust attacks from certain groups that do not support our right to bear arms,” the page said. “We will thank Starbucks for standing up for our right to bear arms by going there on Friday, August 9th.”
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/09/19949259-newtown-group-objects-to-gun-rights-rally-at-starbucks?lite

I guess it's over now, saturday. Thankfully & apparently, no one was shot. I wonder how many wandered away from Fort Gunsalot to sip coffee at their local starbucks yday? half?

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