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Well, it's basically a neutral statement that "we will abide by the laws of each community (state)" rather than a ringing endorsement of our 2nd Amendment rights.
But that's a heck of a lot better than we get from most other big companies.

I can't access that site from here.
Are they suggesting we pay with $2 bills as a discrete identifier?

Dear Rex,
Thank you for your feedback regarding Starbucks' policy on open carry laws.
At Starbucks, we deeply respect the views of our customers and recognize that there is significant and genuine passion surrounding the issue of open carry weapons laws. We comply with local laws and statutes in the communities we serve. Our long-standing approach to this issue remains unchanged and we abide by the laws that permit open carry in 43 U.S. states. Where these laws don't exist, openly carrying weapons in our stores is prohibited.
As the public debate around this issue continues, we encourage customers and advocacy groups from both sides to share their input with their public officials. We are extremely sensitive to the issue of gun violence in our society and believe that supporting local laws is the right way for us to ensure a safe environment for both partners and customers.

If you have any further questions or concerns that I was unable to address, please feel free to let me know.

Warm Regards,
Kelsey F
Customer Relations
Starbucks Coffee Company
800 STARBUC (782-7282)
Monday through Friday, 5AM to 8PM (PST)

Here's my message to Starbucks:

"I understand an anti-gun group is organizing a boycott of your stores nationwide starting Feb 14. I don't often stop at a Starbucks, but beginning Feb 14 I will patronize your stores on a daily basis. I will also encourage my friends to do the same.
Suggestion from a marketing person: Offer anyone with a state-issued carry permit a free cup of coffee on Feb 14.

Your current policy is just right. Please do not change it."

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" ALMOST TWO YEARS has passed since the Brady Campaign launched its dismal campaign to bully Seattle-based Starbucks into acting as its surrogate in the pursuit of social bigotry against gun owners, an effort that failed miserably – as this column reported – when Starbucks profits went up instead of down.

Starbucks’ sin is that the coffee giant caters to everybody, including legally-armed citizens, whether they carry openly or concealed. Starbucks made it plain in 2010 when the Brady Campaign, assisted locally by Washington CeaseFire, that it abides by local state laws and does not discriminate against a certain class of customers. Many open carry advocates began patronizing Starbucks, if they weren’t already doing it, as a show of support. "
" On the other hand, Starbucks has the legal right to serve any customer it pleases, including someone exercising his or her right to bear arms. Fineman evidently doesn’t grasp that.

There has been much alarmist rhetoric over this issue that lacks one key element: Where has there been a single incident inside of a Starbucks involving a legally-armed citizen that resulted in criminal violence?

Well, there was that case in Sacramento last year involving a woman who accidentally shot herself to death outside of a Starbucks. Oops, wait a minute; she was 19, so she was illegally carrying that pistol in her purse.

Then there was that triple murder at a Maryland Starbucks back in 1997. Well, no, again. The guy who did that one was a convicted felon with a long record, in the act of committing an armed robbery, so he wasn’t legally carrying, either. Indeed, this is just the kind of guy citizens arm themselves against.

And the Huffington Post made a rather big deal out of a string of killings that began with an argument over Starbucks coffee. Nah, that doesn’t count, either, since the killings involved a feud between two notorious biker gangs fighting over turf in San Jose, CA and didn’t actually happen at the coffee shop, but in other places in three different states.

Looks like Starbucks will be selling a lot more coffee. "

I don't know about this part:

"all of the retail chains—except for Starbucks— banned guns from being carried in their stores."

I don't know of any retail chains that ban CHL as company policy one a national or even regional basis, except maybe Jarod's Jewelers.

Nevertheless, I have marked my calendar for Feb 14 to start buying $4 coffee every day.

Seems like something else was going on that day too......