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Anti-gun group starts anti-Starbucks campaign

By Quentin Langley

A group calling itself National Gun Victims (sic) Action Council has launched a campaign to boycott Starbucks. It will be the group's first economic target.

The basis of this campaign is that in states with open-carry laws any property owner can post a sign saying that the property is a gun free zone in which people are not allowed to carry guns. In some states this has the force of law, and people can lose their licences for breaching the policy. Such gun-free zones include the cinema in Aurora, Colorado, and all schools in Connecticut, such as Sandy Hook Elementary. Starbucks does not choose to post such notices. According to the National Gun Victims (sic) Action Council this means that the coffee chain "aggressively support (sic)the NRA’s Pro-Gun Agenda".

Interesting development. The amateurish punctuation, syntax and logic does not necessarily mean the group should not be taken seriously.

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One response to “Anti-gun group starts anti-Starbucks campaign”

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    MontgomeryKen

    ” The amateurish punctuation, syntax and logic does not necessarily mean the group should not be taken seriously.”
    Yes, yes it is a reason to not take them seriously. None of these “boycotts” should be taken seriously unless you can point me to a recent example of one actually working.

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