Starbucks Sticks to It’s Guns. Well, Someone’s . . .
Starbucks has been the focus of a lot of pro- and anti-gun control kerfuffle lately. This after California supporters of "Open Carry" legislation---allowing licensed gun owners to carry weapons without a concealed carry permit---held...
Why is The Brady Campaign Picking On Starbucks?
The Brady Campaign (TBC) is America's foremost---or at least most media-friendly---gun control advocacy group. Fair enough. The Brady Campaign has the right to express their views and lobby for legislation as they see fit....
GeorgiaCarry.org: No Waffling On Gun Control
Ed Stone, the President of Georgia gun rights organization GeorgiaCarry.org, recently wrote about the following event in his column on the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner website.
Matt Brannan and J.P. Mitchell were dining in the...
Open Carry for the UK?
Hell just got a little chillier. Still, the fact that the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) published a piece from the ultra-left wing (just kidding) Adam Smith Institute suggesting that Brits would be better off...
Should Gun Control Advocates Have A Concealed Handgun License?
Let's say you're a pro-mass transit environmentalist; you considered automobiles the devil in-car-nate. Chances are you'd have both a theoretic and emperical understanding of how cars work; what they can and can not do....
Has The Open Carry Campaign Found a Champion in Kurt Kirby?
The so-called Open Carry movement---whose adherents openly wear their weapons to assert their right to own and carry guns---is a cause in search of a champion or two. Or three. Or more. You know;...
Starbucks CEO: “Only Unloaded Guns at Starbucks”
So, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz screwed the pooch at the shareholder's meeting re: the whole gun control thing. Maybe. After a sensible statement about the logistical issues surrounding the idea of asking employees to...
58% of Americans OK With Concealed Carry; 41 % Cool With Open Carry
Rasmussen Reports. You decide. "A new national telephone survey finds that 41% of Adults are at least somewhat concerned about their safety in the presence of those who have 'concealed carry' gun permits. Fifty-eight...
Federal Judge: Open Carry Inherently Disruptive
No reasonable person would dispute that walking into a retail store openly carrying a firearm is highly disruptive conduct which is virtually certain to create a disturbance. This is so because when employees and...
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Releases Dodgy Poll on Starbucks Open Carry Policy
Whenever I'm confronted (confronted I tell you) by a poll from an advocacy group, I pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Only in this case---The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence's survey...
UPDATE: Dismissed Open Carry Complainant Charged With Murder
We recently reported that a judge dismissed a lawsuit by one Jesus Gonzalez against three police officers and two municipalities. Jesus Gonzales was pissed because he'd been arrested for openly carrying a firearm into retail stores....
Open Carry Still Not OK in OK
tulsaworld.com reports that Oklahoma concealed carry permit holders---and anybody else with a gun---still have to keep their piece under wraps. Earlier this week, Governor Brad Henry's vetoed House Bill 3354 , which would have brought the joys of...