When the unofficial gun rights event, "Guns and Coffee" was promoting people to show up to Starbucks last Friday, Aug. 9 and openly carry their guns, news media ate it up.

In Seattle, it was reported on seattlepi.com, The Stranger, King 5, Q13 Fox, KOMO and likely more.

What they didn't really report on, though, was what happened in Seattle on "Starbucks Appreciation Day." In Ballard, at least, nothing really happened.

The Ballard News-Tribune visited the local Starbucks shops. Workers at the shop on NW Market St and 22nd Ave NW said they hadn't seen anything that day. King 5 had come in during opening time and they failed to spot anyone with a gun openly strapped to them.

Workers at the Ballard Fred Meyer Starbucks said they didn't even know about it, but hadn't noticed anybody obviously carrying a gun.

The Ballard News-Tribune failed to spot anyone with a gun.

The event came about when Starbucks refused a request by the Brady Campaign, a gun control advocacy group, to ban open carry in their stores. The coffee giant said they don't want to be part of the debate and will continue to follow local laws on the issue. While Starbucks is maintaining neutrality, gun rights activists saw it as a win.

Ed Levine, head of a gun rights group in Virginia, created the appreciation campaign. He even made buttons.

The campaign just doesn't seem to have reached Ballard.

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