Armed Citizens Applaud Gun Friendly Coffee Chain

In America, gun laws vary from state to state and so there’s plenty of places that have “open carry” laws, which basically means you can rock a firearm on your hip, Wild West style, with a permit. Anyway, Starbucks doesn’t have a universal gun policy for all its billion stores and instead respects the local laws of the communities they’re located in, making card carrying members of the NRA quite at home and others a little uneasy. I say don’t discriminate! Rednecks should have the right to overpriced coffee like everyone else. |AP|

London Police Help Promote Fake Gun Dealing Artist

Threatened with arrest, a London artist has abandoned plans to install vending machines stocked with fake guns near local schools. As part of an attention-seeking investigation into violence, Ben Turnbull had also hoped to capture children’s reactions to the provocative “bubble-gun” dispensers using a hidden camera and a photographer lurking nearby. After successfully generating some controversy and attention for himself, Turnbull plans to display the work, “Kids Have Everything These Days,” outside a gallery show opportunely opening next month. |This is London|

Bloomberg Suggests Disarming the Drunks

New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the country and Mayor Bloomberg wants to make them tougher with a new law that would criminalize carrying a firearm while drunk. Campaigning outside the Police Museum, he said, “Carrying while intoxicated is just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated, and it should be just as illegal.” If passed, boozy gun-toters, such as NYPD officer Trevor Harpaul, could face a year in jail and $10,000 in fines. Bloomberg also proposed beefing up a state ban on armor-piercing bullets and making it extra illegal to give kids guns. |LoHud|

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