Dario: Could I have a statement, please? topamax order Starbucks, which unlike many restaurant chains and retailers until now tolerated guns inside its coffee shops, had been embraced by gun-rights activists as a champion of their cause. "Pro-gun activists have used our stores as a political stage for media events misleadingly called 'Starbucks Appreciation Days' that disingenuously portray Starbucks as a champion of 'open carry,'" Schultz wrote in an open letter released this week. "To be clear: We do not want these events in our stores."