Boycott Starbucks!
Our goals
Starbucks will be the first economic target for FOR and the National Gun Victims Action Council (NGAC) due to their support of the NRA’s pro-gun agenda.
Starbucks allows people to open carry guns in their stores in the states that allow “open carry” despite the fact they have the legal right to ban guns from their stores—just like their legal right to require customers to wear clothes. They refuse to do so.
Members of the “open carry” movement began meeting in popular restaurants and coffee shops throughout California in 2010 to display their openly carried handguns. The goal of this national movement is to normalize the carrying of guns in public places.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence presented a petition to Starbucks with 33,000 signatures requesting they ban guns from their premises. NGAC’s founder made the same request to the Starbucks Board of Directors. Unlike several other national chains, including California Pizza Kitchen, Peets, IKEA, and Disney, they refused to do so.
Starbucks’ pro-gun policy on “open carry” makes it an active supporter of the gun lobby’s agenda to put more guns in more places in American life — and it must stop.
Please share the story of Starbucks’ support of the NRA’s pro-gun agenda with your friends and family members today.
You can help persuade Starbucks to abandon a policy that puts it on the side of those who seek to put more handguns into more places in American life and help persuade Starbucks to become a leading advocate for sane gun laws.
Stay updated on Gun Victims Action’s plan to launch the national boycott of Starbucks by gun victims, survivors, their friends, family members, faith groups, and all who want sane gun laws.
Starbucks embrace of open carry has emboldened the movement to push forward.
Open carry members cite Starbucks acceptance of open carry as proof of the reasonableness of open carry.
With about 11,000 stores in the United States, Starbucks serves millions of Americans daily. They allow a tiny, dangerous minority to endanger the safety of the overwhelming majority who do not want guns in Starbucks.
Among the handguns Starbucks approves in its stores is the Glock 19 used by Jared Loughner in the Tucson massacre in January 2011 (killed six, wounded 14 in less than one minute).
As a major player in corporate America, Starbucks could be a leader in promoting gun safety. Yet instead, Starbucks has chosen to support the NRA’s pro-gun agenda.
