More and more gun owners have been gathering at restaurants and coffee shops like Starbucks with guns strapped to their hips, intimidating fellow patrons.

Peet's Coffee & Tea and California Pizza Kitchen have heeded customer concerns and barred the open carrying of guns.  But Starbucks is refusing to prohibit the open carrying of firearms in its stores.

Under the law, Starbucks has the right to adopt a gun-free policy, with an exception for uniformed police officers.

The practice of packing heat in places like Starbucks is intimidating and could be potentially dangerous to our families and communities – and it must be stopped.

We have teamed up with CREDO Action to send petitions to Starbucks to keep guns out of its stores. 

» Click here to sign the petition to Starbucks
» Click here to read our news release
» Click here to read letter to Starbucks' CEO

Sign the petition to CEO Howard Schultz demanding Starbucks stand up for the safety of its customers and bar guns in its coffee shops.

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The Brady Center has released a report on President Obama’s performance called President Obama’s First Year: Failed Leadership, Lost Lives.

The President’s concessions to the “guns anywhere” mentality of the gun lobby and lack of leadership for common-sense gun laws has earned him a grade of “F”.

President Obama signed legislation letting people carry concealed weapons in national parks and in checked luggage on Amtrak trains, adopted the gun lobby’s empty rhetoric about just “enforcing the laws on the books,” and muzzled Cabinet members who expressed support for stronger gun laws.

In addition, the White House voiced no objection to people carrying guns near Presidential events and his White House staff removed statements from the White House website that declared support for gun violence prevention laws.

» Click here to read the full report
» Click here to read the news release
» Click here to view Paul Helmke on MSNBC discuss report findings

Click on the image above to read the Brady Report on President Obama's first year in office.

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Colin Goddard, a student who was shot four times at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, worked with the Brady Campaign to record how easy it is to buy guns without a Brady criminal background check from many irresponsible unlicensed sellers. 

Colin’s undercover footage of gun shows has sellers making statements such as “There’s no tax.  There’s no paperwork.  That’s worth something.”  The buyers didn’t even have to show a driver’s license. 

Colin’s goal is to encourage Americans to call on Congress to close the loophole that allows dangerous people to buy weapons at gun shows without a Brady background check. 

As part of the campaign, Colin sent an email to Brady supporters with a short video of his ordeal at Virginia Tech urging them to forward his video and sign a petition to Congress demanding that it close the gun show loophole.

Our national policy should be: no background check, no gun, no excuses.

» Click here to view Colin's story

Click here to view Colin Goddard’s undercover footage showing how guns can be easily purchased at gun shows without a background check.

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There is legislation in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate that could save lives.  Earlier this year, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Mike Castle (R-DE) troduced legislation (S. 843 and H.R. 2324) to close the gun show loophole.

The loophole allows people to buy guns at gun shows in most states without passing a Brady criminal background check.

A Brady report makes a strong case for Brady background checks on all gun sales in America, including those at gun shows. Allowing dangerous people such as convicted felons and domestic abusers to buy guns without criminal background checks threatens the safety of our families and communities.

Our national policy should be: no background check, no gun, no excuses.

» Click here to urge your Senators to cosponsor the bill 
» Click here to urge your Representative to cosponsor the bill

Click on image above to hear our challenge to Congress to close the gun show loophole.