US introduces vending machines for bullets to make ammunition ’more available’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

US introduces vending machines for bullets to make ammunition ’more available’

Live Mint  

In a bid to make ammunition “more available” for gun owners, three US states introduced vending machines for bullets at grocery shops. “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,” American Rounds' website read. According to media reports, these bullet vending machines use "built-in AI technology, card scanning capabilities and facial recognition software" to match the buyer's ID to their face. In its promotional video, the company 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?

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Vending machines are everywhere. How they came to sell everything from chips to bullets.
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Vending machines are everywhere. How they came to sell everything from chips to bullets.

Slate  

This is Checking Out, a column about how we shop, what we buy, and how it all makes us feel. “Gone are the days when vending machines were simple coin-operated snack dispensers,” writes Dave Berman, a co-founder of the U.K. vending-machine service company VendEase. Not only does this keep customers happy, but it also significantly reduces operational inefficiencies—something that simply …

Instead of sodas, these vending machines offer needles and Narcan to fight overdoses
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Instead of sodas, these vending machines offer needles and Narcan to fight overdoses

NPR  

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I Used a Bullet Vending Machine. It Taught Me Something Grim About America.
7 months, 2 weeks ago

I Used a Bullet Vending Machine. It Taught Me Something Grim About America.

Slate  

A large wooden cross edged with a string of Christmas lights stands proudly on the clean-cut lawn of a Noble, Oklahoma, home. So it’s fitting that this city was one of the first to see the installation of a one-of-a-kind gun ammunition vending machine in its local grocery store. Many people were understandably concerned by the machine’s 24/7 accessibility, which …

Texas-based ammo vending machines spark fear in gun control advocates
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas-based ammo vending machines spark fear in gun control advocates

China Daily  

If you live in Oklahoma or Alabama, you can now pick up baby formula along with a cartridge or two of bullets from your neighborhood grocery store. Instead of selling drinks, candy and chips usually found in vending machines, Texas-based American Rounds is putting machines selling ammunition in grocery stores. "In a country where guns are the leading cause of …

'Thought it was a joke': Bullets now for sale in vending machines in 3 GOP-led states
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Thought it was a joke': Bullets now for sale in vending machines in 3 GOP-led states

Raw Story  

A Texas-based company has developed vending machines that sell bullets and installed them at a handful of grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama, with plans for expansion into other states, according to news reports this week. The vending machines are "likely to stoke controversy," Newsweek reported, while Gizmodo called their spread a "questionable new trend." Social media users wrote …

'Thought it was a joke': Vending machines in 3 GOP-led states stun consumers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Thought it was a joke': Vending machines in 3 GOP-led states stun consumers

Raw Story  

A Texas-based company has developed vending machines that sell bullets and installed them at a handful of grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama, with plans for expansion into other states, according to news reports this week. The vending machines are "likely to stoke controversy," Newsweek reported, while Gizmodo called their spread a "questionable new trend." Social media users wrote …

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