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Did You Participate In 'Skip Starbucks Saturday?'
There was a national effort to skip Starbucks on Saturday because its policy of allowing people to tote guns in the store if state law permits.
By Sherri Lonon
Gun control supporters are hoping Starbucks coffee lovers will join their cause this Saturday, Aug. 24 by foregoing caffeine fixes to send a message to the national chain with locations throughout the area.
“Skip Starbucks Saturday” says the company’s policy of allowing people to tote guns in the store if state law permits it is part of the gun control problem, according to USAToday.com. They’re aiming to fix that staging the national boycott.
"Many moms are unaware that if they take their children to Starbucks, their children may be standing next to a customer who has a loaded weapon," Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, was quoted by USA Today as saying.
Starbucks allows guns in its stores in 43 states, including Florida, where a woman was shot in St. Petersburg in May after another customer dropped her purse, causing the gun inside to go off.
Check out USA Today’s full story here.
Moms Demand Action also has a petition drive going to get Starbucks' attention. Check it out on the nonprofit's website.
"Many moms are unaware that if they take their children to Starbucks, their children may be standing next to a customer who has a loaded weapon," Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, was quoted by USA Today as saying.
Starbucks allows guns in its stores in 43 states, including Florida, where a woman was shot in St. Petersburg in May after another customer dropped her purse, causing the gun inside to go off.
Check out USA Today’s full story here.
Moms Demand Action also has a petition drive going to get Starbucks' attention. Check it out on the nonprofit's website.
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