I doubt we would ever have this in our home, but if Doug ever gets an underground bunker, he might want some.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Gun Doorknobs
I doubt we would ever have this in our home, but if Doug ever gets an underground bunker, he might want some.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Anti-gun Group to Boycott Starbucks on Valentine's Day
I only have one word for this....ridiculous.
Article from TheNewAmerica.com (I've never read their site before and there are many other articles about this boycott, but this sums it up quickly):
Elliot Fineman, CEO of the National Gun Victims Action Council (NGAC) announced last Monday that its members will boycott Starbucks starting on St. Valentine’s Day to protest the company’s resistance to demands that they cease serving customers who may be carrying weapons, open or concealed. Its purpose, according to Fineman, is “to eliminate the risk of guns in public places and ultimately to bring sane gun laws to the U.S.” Fineman claims that his group is “a network of 14 million gun victims” and that his boycott is being supported by the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, the United Church of Christ, the Fellowship of Reconciliation along with other secular groups that also support the anti-gun movement. Fineman said:
Starbucks allowing guns to be carried in thousands of their stores significantly increases everyone's risk of being a victim of gun violence. Open and concealed carry are among the reasons there are 12,000 gun homicides each year in the U.S. If we had England's gun laws we would expect 375 gun homicides each year—97% less than we have. England's gun laws are based on protecting public safety, ours on maximizing sales for the gun industry…
Our boycott will reduce Starbucks’ stock price by an amount no rational company would allow.
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When he bans guns, what's next? Then people can work on banning knives - how about nail files, pens, pencils, ...then what should we do about toothbrushes?? (after all they can be sharpened into a point)... yes, I'm being ridiculous to prove a point. Freedoms can be taken away little by little and before you know it they're gone.
Honestly, I'm glad I heard about this boycott - I don't drink coffee and I don't go to Starbucks very often, but I'll make the trip on Valentine's day...heck, maybe I'll buy 3: one for me, my husband and one to just throw out.
Article from TheNewAmerica.com (I've never read their site before and there are many other articles about this boycott, but this sums it up quickly):
Elliot Fineman, CEO of the National Gun Victims Action Council (NGAC) announced last Monday that its members will boycott Starbucks starting on St. Valentine’s Day to protest the company’s resistance to demands that they cease serving customers who may be carrying weapons, open or concealed. Its purpose, according to Fineman, is “to eliminate the risk of guns in public places and ultimately to bring sane gun laws to the U.S.” Fineman claims that his group is “a network of 14 million gun victims” and that his boycott is being supported by the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, the United Church of Christ, the Fellowship of Reconciliation along with other secular groups that also support the anti-gun movement. Fineman said:
Starbucks allowing guns to be carried in thousands of their stores significantly increases everyone's risk of being a victim of gun violence. Open and concealed carry are among the reasons there are 12,000 gun homicides each year in the U.S. If we had England's gun laws we would expect 375 gun homicides each year—97% less than we have. England's gun laws are based on protecting public safety, ours on maximizing sales for the gun industry…
Our boycott will reduce Starbucks’ stock price by an amount no rational company would allow.
____________________________________
When he bans guns, what's next? Then people can work on banning knives - how about nail files, pens, pencils, ...then what should we do about toothbrushes?? (after all they can be sharpened into a point)... yes, I'm being ridiculous to prove a point. Freedoms can be taken away little by little and before you know it they're gone.
Honestly, I'm glad I heard about this boycott - I don't drink coffee and I don't go to Starbucks very often, but I'll make the trip on Valentine's day...heck, maybe I'll buy 3: one for me, my husband and one to just throw out.
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