Heidi is a board member for the Brady Campaign. A few years ago, she decided to manufacture a controversy out of Starbucks’ non-policy gun policy. Starbucks refused to bow to the pressure, and they continue to allow patrons to carry in their restaurants.
A normal adult would look at that loss and say, “you win some, you lose some.” A normal adult would get on with her life. Not Heidi. There is something very troubling about her logic.
In an article for Ms. magazine, she outlines a plan to buy a gun and pursue absolutely no training. She admits with no real remorse that she doesn’t know how to tell whether it’s loaded or not. Even worse, she’s going to carry it on her person for the next month. The denouement of her article describes her sitting in a Starbucks location (note the clumsy attempt at irony) in this manner:
Today, they have a woman with absolutely no firearms training and a Glock on her hip sitting within arm’s reach of small children, her hands shaking and adrenaline surging.
Continued...