They only asked for people not to open carry, unless you are LEO. You can still conceal carry, besides we don't have open carry in Texas.
Yeah, and like I said above, most folks are missing the entire point. It's become a garbled national news "story" that isn't national here. Here in WA where this originated, we do have open carry. One guy got hassled by two cops in a store down the street from me one time, the audio is on Youtube. The next day or so, a bunch of Opencarry.org folks showed up, all open carrying. Cops showed up, didn't wanna flex their idea of the law this time.
The protests here were to illustrate to the police, who were starting to get out of control, that we set the laws, they just enforce them, and we can change them anytime we like and then those will be the laws they enforce, like it or not. It worked, a memo was issued, and now, last weekend as others in the past, I open carried all over downtown Seattle making it a point to go by and visit businesses that don't like that kind of thing, true anti establishments. I've done it a few times. I don't even get looks, nor asked to leave. It's not an issue, not until some cops come along and enforce, well, no law --just some made up shit. It's only an issue if the establishment asks you to leave and you refuse --then it's trespassing. No gun window stickers are a waste of a $1.00. They don't mean anything here without the law to back it up --and only three places are off limits by state law: true bars, big outdoor concerts and courthouses/jails --but they have to provide a weapons check.
Now though, some folks didn't get the memo that the protest is over. There's this one asshole that literally sits at the outside table by the door at the ground zero Starbucks in Spanaway with his pistol ON the table! Really!? I wouldn't want that at my business either, would you? Would you want your business being used as ground zero for a political debate? Would you want your customers to have to walk past armed persons with drawn pistols just to enter your coffee store? Didn't think so.
Think twice about jumping on this bandwagon. They aren't against you. They just don't wanna be dragged into the fight. Keep it concealed and they don't care, really they don't. A smile doesn't hurt either, it makes folks less uneasy and fence sitters don't view you as a threat hellbent on shoving firearms down everyone's throats. Be smart about this people.
Besides, it was just a year or two ago that everyone was buying extra coffee to support them because they wouldn't bend to the anti's... They still aren't, but now they don't want your gold plated and unholstered Desert Eagle to be the first thing they see coming into the store. Are some of you guys that fickle to think this is against you?
There's plenty of reasons to boycott Starbucks. The carry debate just isn't one them.