Well here is one for you to add to that list…..
A new vending machine…..it dispenses ammo for rifle, pistol and shotgun.
And no I am not making this shit up!
Gun owners in three US states can now buy bullets from vending machines in grocery shops, after a company launched automated kiosks to make ammunition “more available”.
Some shops in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas now allow customers to scan their ID on a device similar to a drinks vending machine, and walk away with rounds for their weapons.
American Rounds, the company that manufactures the machines, says they are as easy to use as an ATM.
“Our automated ammo dispensers are accessible 24/7, ensuring that you can buy ammunition on your own schedule, free from the constraints of store hours and long lines,” it says on its website.
The machines use “built-in AI technology, card scanning capability and facial recognition software” to match a buyer’s ID to their face and ensure they are over 18 years old.
Customers select the ammunition they would like to buy on a touchscreen, scan their ID and collect it from a hole in the bottom of the machine.
The company says it will continue the roll out of the devices in states where hunting is popular, including Louisiana and Colorado.
A promotional video for the machines shows a customer moving through a shop using the vending machines on a motorised wheelchair, before raising her fist in the air and shouting: “It’s ammo? Whoo!”
Alabama has the fourth-highest rate of gun deaths in the US, according to the latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
In 2022, there were 25.5 deaths from firearms in the state per 100,000 people, with a total of 1,278 fatalities.
The Biden administration has declared gun safety to be a public health crisis, and is pushing states to adopt tougher laws on firearm ownership.
Grant Magers, the American Rounds CEO, said the company had received more than 200 requests to install the machines and that number was “growing daily”.
He told Newsweek that the company supported “law-abiding, responsible gun ownership”.
The machines are legal and store records of the transactions are kept to comply with regulations in some states.
(telegraph.co.uk)
I know there will be a wealth of opinions on this deal….
But I ask if this is a good idea.
What could be next?
Will there soon be a vending machine to buy your favorite firearm?
This is crazy….I mean what could go wrong?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Making it even easier for gun nuts to kill more people. The American Dream.
Best wishes, Pete.
How sick is that? Noticed that it is in the South….go figure…..chuq
Yeah, I saw that too and almost fell out of my chair when I heard about it. I suspect this isn’t going to last very long except as a novelty kind of thing. I can’t imagine they can sell the stuff at a price point that would make it attractive when compared to just buying it off the shelf at the local hardware store or Fleet Farm or even Walmart.
You can make your own ammunition rather easily as well. All the components are easily available online, often with few, if any, restrictions. You can buy used or new cases, bullets, primers, gunpowder, and reloading equipment all over the place. Heck, hardcore historical reenactors and muzzle loaders even cast their own bullets and make their own gunpowder. Ain’t that hard to do.
I think it is just silly….a novelty, as you say…..I use to reload my own shot shells and ammo and I was even a muzzle-loading nerd as well chuq
Can you believe it?!! I saw it, but I still can’t justify it in my head!
I know what you mean….this is silly in my opinion and dangerous./ chuq
Seems left and right continue their contest of who can present the most absurd and dangerous ideas. Has anyone planned for vending machines from which you can buy votes ?
I am sure it is being considered. chuq
Right Wing policy: sell the death regardless of who gets it in the end.
Wait! Is that not the party of pro-life? chuq