As someone who is very active and vocal supporter of the Second Amendment, I have been big supporter of Starbucks because they have a carry-friendly corporate policy (they essentially have NO policy on carry--they just follow whatever state and local laws apply).
I have open carried in Starbucks all up and down the Mid-Atlantic region, and it's never been an issue. And when I was a smoker, I would smoke in their outside cafe areas. And it was NEVER an issue.
Anti-gun groups have been trying for years to pressure Starbucks to ban lawfully-carried firearms, but they always fail because gun owners are VERY well organized, and we understand that if several thousnd of us show up at Starbucks on a given day, and spend some money, and let the staff know that the reason we are there is because they are carry-friendly, that such an action carries a LOT more weight than a few distressed housewives with signs marching out front (and NOT spending any money).
Money talks, folks. Vapers need to start buying their coffee elsewhere, but that alone is not good enough.
Every time you buy coffee--in shop, or in a grocery store--send a copy of your receipt to Starbucks Corporate via email and let them know that you are no longer buying their product because they ban e-cigs.
We gun rights people have been fighting these "battles of the boycott" with Starbucks and other vendors for YEARS. Most of the time, we win, because we have HUGE numbers, and that trnslates into HUGE potential profit losses of we abandon retailer because they declare they officially will not respect our rights.
Vapers should take a lesson from those who already know how this game works, and have developed strong, effective responses to having our rights threatened by paranoid, control-freak, oligarchs and loud-mouthed nanny-state busy-bodies. Don't "reinvent the wheel" folks--just follow the path blazed by those who have already fought this battle and won.
Money talks...
