POLL..Do you believe customers should be allowed to bring guns into Starbucks?

[Unrepentant Fenian]

Vote how you feel...
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/poll/index.html

[RB TexLa]

1. If Starbucks allows them to bring them.

[vadawg]

6. yup and the guns are legally held and carried under the states laws

got no problem with starbucks allowing them...

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. depending on the state

there is no law that says you can't...

sP

[leftstreet]

3. 'Send Lawyers, Guns and .... Coffee'

That's just wrong somehow

[Fumesucker]

28. DUzy..

:rofl:

Thanks, I needed that..

[Biker13]

4. I Guess That's Starbucks' Choice.

nt

[Sanity Claws]

5. No. A spoon is much better to stir your coffee with

You can even use it to measure your sugar. Can't do that with a gun.

[notadmblnd]

7. i wouldn't walk into a Starbucks to begin with, so rename it to the OK Corral and commence

with the shoot out, if you like.

[doc03]

10. Haven't heard of any shoot outs at Starbucks, have you? n/t

[notadmblnd]

14. wouldn't know, Starbucks would bedown towards the bottom of my list of concerns

[doc03]

8. If you aren't breaking any laws, why not? I was there today

and had my CCW didn't have to shoot anybody.

[petronius]

31. Perhaps you didn't HAVE TO shoot anyone, but c'mon -

didn't you at least blast away at the guy hogging the 2% milk, or the girl trying to cut the bathroom line? Why else would anyone carry a gun to a coffee shop; bloodshed is inevitable... ;)

[baldguy]

9. To what purpose?

The only reason to carry a gun around in public is if you think you might need to kill somebody.

[vadawg]

16. yup and its better to have it and never need it, than to need it and not have it..

right.. :)

[saltpoint]

11. Guns, yes, as well as ground-to-air missiles.

[Bolo Boffin]

12. "One grand latte, triple shot -- WHOA, PARDNER!"

sorry

:spank:

[Generic Brad]

13. Only if we are allowed to bring coffee into gun shops

After all, fair is fair.

[liberal N proud]

15. I guess I don't have to go into Starbucks

Reduces my chances of being there when a gun fight breaks out.

[Turbineguy]

17. This is one where I let

the "free market" decide.

[KonaKane]

18. Only if they mess up my order more than once.

After all, I'm a pretty fair guy.

[Bitwit1234]

19. Well I think the coffee there is so darn bad that

you'd have to take a gun to put it out of it's misery.

[X_Digger]

20. Sure, why not?

When I worked third shift, I worked in some shady neighborhoods. When I stopped for coffee at the local donut shop (this was pre-starbucks) I wish I'd been licensed. I was mugged twice during that time frame. Of course I wouldn't have been carrying in the donut shop just for there, but for the parking lot at 4am.

[aikoaiko]

21. If state law allows it, then sure, why not?

:shrug:

[madville]

22. In Florida a business can't stop someone from carrying a firearm on their property

All they can do is post a sign and if someone is discovered ignoring that sign they can be asked to leave the premises. If the person refused to leave, trespassing laws would apply. Since we only have concealed carry in Florida (open carry is only allowed for the most part on one's own property/business or if the individual is hunting, fishing or trapping) the business would normally have no idea the person was carrying a weapon to begin with.

[X_Digger]

23. Umm.. that is the definition of 'stopping someone from carrying'..

..or did you mean there's no magic law that actually makes guns drop off their waists when a patron approaches the door? hehe

[ProgressiveProfessor]

24. Starbucks has taken the right path

If its legal, its OK

[katmondoo]

25. I have one comment

I hate the NRA

[moondust]

26. How about landmines?

K?

Suicide bomber vests?

[aikoaiko]

27. 63% say YES; 36% say NO

Do you believe customers should be allowed to bring guns into Starbucks?

Yes 63%

No 36%

I don't know 1%

Votes Cast: 1002

[Fumesucker]

29. I don't think Starbucks should allow anyone *without* a gun..

:eyes:

[Taverner]

30. My answer: sure, but should they? no

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

Yes, you have a right to bring a gun into starbucks, and if you just came in from the range, its a safer place to have it than in the trunk

But simply going into Starbucks with a gun 'just because you can' is just dumb

What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish?