US introduces vending machines to sell bullets

[electronicash]

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.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/07/07/bullets-ammunition-vending-machines-three-american-states/

these vending machines use AI to identify customers buying ammo. there really are a lot of people buying ammo that a company American Rounds has to put up a vending machine for people not to fall in line. times change rapidly.

in my country, the gunshop will be asking lots of questions before we can buy a handgun and ammos. but just this year, also civilians were given the go to own assault rifles. but still, there will be lots of questions, not sure if they still require neuro exam results but they used to years ago.

[Hispo]

It is the kind of thing which one is supposed to expect happening in the United States, sure. The gun culture in that country is huge and the commerce of weapons is probably worth several billions per year for the owners of gun stores and defense companies.
Though there is something which to me seems to be working about allowing people to Buy ammonition as it was candy or sodas, from a vending machine.
To me it looks as if it was a way to make violence or the implicit violence within the country to become something mundane, if you know what I mean.  It is about the same sensation I get when I see parents giving pink handguns to their daughters, like those customized Hello kitty guns one can find on the internet.
It is kind of sickening how we can go so far into normalizing such a thing in society...

[BADecker]

It is the kind of thing which one is supposed to expect happening in the United States, sure. The gun culture in that country is huge and the commerce of weapons is probably worth several billions per year for the owners of gun stores and defense companies.
Though there is something which to me seems to be working about allowing people to Buy ammonition as it was candy or sodas, from a vending machine.
To me it looks as if it was a way to make violence or the implicit violence within the country to become something mundane, if you know what I mean.  It is about the same sensation I get when I see parents giving pink handguns to their daughters, like those customized Hello kitty guns one can find on the internet.
It is kind of sickening how we can go so far into normalizing such a thing in society...

Just keeping the world free from the WEF and government total enslavement of the people.

The yaun won't work in those machines. So the Chinese militants that come up over the border won't be able to use that ammo. But Americans will have much more ammo readily available to protect themselves from Biden illegals.

Besides, if things get bad enough, people will simply blast the vending machines to get the ammo.

America free, the world free. If American freedom fails, world freedom will fail.

[electronicash]

It is the kind of thing which one is supposed to expect happening in the United States, sure. The gun culture in that country is huge and the commerce of weapons is probably worth several billions per year for the owners of gun stores and defense companies.
Though there is something which to me seems to be working about allowing people to Buy ammonition as it was candy or sodas, from a vending machine.
To me it looks as if it was a way to make violence or the implicit violence within the country to become something mundane, if you know what I mean.  It is about the same sensation I get when I see parents giving pink handguns to their daughters, like those customized Hello kitty guns one can find on the internet.
It is kind of sickening how we can go so far into normalizing such a thing in society...

Just keeping the world free from the WEF and government total enslavement of the people.

The yaun won't work in those machines. So the Chinese militants that come up over the border won't be able to use that ammo. But Americans will have much more ammo readily available to protect themselves from Biden illegals.

Besides, if things get bad enough, people will simply blast the vending machines to get the ammo.

America free, the world free. If American freedom fails, world freedom will fail.

Chinese militants in China don't own guns unless they are really that rich and can buy from their black market. civilians can't own guns. If they stay in the US and own guns, that's really the freedom they can enjoy in the US. i doubt they have lots of training to shoot rifles but because it's mandatory to become a military reserve in the country they get to learn guns in a limited hours. this is why crimes in China are often just blades. but in US the crimes are often shooting.

It is the kind of thing which one is supposed to expect happening in the United States, sure. The gun culture in that country is huge and the commerce of weapons is probably worth several billions per year for the owners of gun stores and defense companies.
Though there is something which to me seems to be working about allowing people to Buy ammonition as it was candy or sodas, from a vending machine.
To me it looks as if it was a way to make violence or the implicit violence within the country to become something mundane, if you know what I mean.  It is about the same sensation I get when I see parents giving pink handguns to their daughters, like those customized Hello kitty guns one can find on the internet.
It is kind of sickening how we can go so far into normalizing such a thing in society...

AIs though will identify the people buying. AFAIK the machine asks for KYC. but normalizing this is most likely the reason there will be more school shooting sprees in the future.

[Oshio-man]

For any government to legalized such law in the country, show that they have be receiving bad news about insecurity in the country that made such shop available for guy users to have where to buy bullets to carry out their operation or protect themselves against any evil, what the US government did is the best way to make people to enjoy freedom in the society.

[Hispo]

It is the kind of thing which one is supposed to expect happening in the United States, sure. The gun culture in that country is huge and the commerce of weapons is probably worth several billions per year for the owners of gun stores and defense companies.
Though there is something which to me seems to be working about allowing people to Buy ammonition as it was candy or sodas, from a vending machine.
To me it looks as if it was a way to make violence or the implicit violence within the country to become something mundane, if you know what I mean.  It is about the same sensation I get when I see parents giving pink handguns to their daughters, like those customized Hello kitty guns one can find on the internet.
It is kind of sickening how we can go so far into normalizing such a thing in society...

Just keeping the world free from the WEF and government total enslavement of the people.

The yaun won't work in those machines. So the Chinese militants that come up over the border won't be able to use that ammo. But Americans will have much more ammo readily available to protect themselves from Biden illegals.

Besides, if things get bad enough, people will simply blast the vending machines to get the ammo.

America free, the world free. If American freedom fails, world freedom will fail.

What if someone who happens to be an illegal inmigrant in the United States simply offers some money to a legal resident for them to use the vending machine on their hehalf and give the ammonition to the illegal inmigrant?
I mean, Ammo seems to be so plenty full there in that country that there are so many legal grey areas and instances in which a person who is not supposed to have access to guns or ammo ends up having it.
It reminds me the case of infamous Columbine shooters, who were underage and unable to get weapons on their own and still managed to get them thanks to the help of a friend who went with them to a gun show. As far as a I know those legal areas continue to be happen for anyone who desires to have a handgun without going through a federally registered shop, where their history data and psychological profile would be analized.

[BADecker]

It is the kind of thing which one is supposed to expect happening in the United States, sure. The gun culture in that country is huge and the commerce of weapons is probably worth several billions per year for the owners of gun stores and defense companies.
Though there is something which to me seems to be working about allowing people to Buy ammonition as it was candy or sodas, from a vending machine.
To me it looks as if it was a way to make violence or the implicit violence within the country to become something mundane, if you know what I mean.  It is about the same sensation I get when I see parents giving pink handguns to their daughters, like those customized Hello kitty guns one can find on the internet.
It is kind of sickening how we can go so far into normalizing such a thing in society...

Just keeping the world free from the WEF and government total enslavement of the people.

The yaun won't work in those machines. So the Chinese militants that come up over the border won't be able to use that ammo. But Americans will have much more ammo readily available to protect themselves from Biden illegals.

Besides, if things get bad enough, people will simply blast the vending machines to get the ammo.

America free, the world free. If American freedom fails, world freedom will fail.

What if someone who happens to be an illegal inmigrant in the United States simply offers some money to a legal resident for them to use the vending machine on their hehalf and give the ammonition to the illegal inmigrant?
I mean, Ammo seems to be so plenty full there in that country that there are so many legal grey areas and instances in which a person who is not supposed to have access to guns or ammo ends up having it.
It reminds me the case of infamous Columbine shooters, who were underage and unable to get weapons on their own and still managed to get them thanks to the help of a friend who went with them to a gun show. As far as a I know those legal areas continue to be happen for anyone who desires to have a handgun without going through a federally registered shop, where their history data and psychological profile would be analized.

Vending machines are simply another way to sell. It isn't the US. It is the citizens. Go to Walmart for your bullets if you don't like vending machines.

[Hispo]

It is the kind of thing which one is supposed to expect happening in the United States, sure. The gun culture in that country is huge and the commerce of weapons is probably worth several billions per year for the owners of gun stores and defense companies.
Though there is something which to me seems to be working about allowing people to Buy ammonition as it was candy or sodas, from a vending machine.
To me it looks as if it was a way to make violence or the implicit violence within the country to become something mundane, if you know what I mean.  It is about the same sensation I get when I see parents giving pink handguns to their daughters, like those customized Hello kitty guns one can find on the internet.
It is kind of sickening how we can go so far into normalizing such a thing in society...

Just keeping the world free from the WEF and government total enslavement of the people.

The yaun won't work in those machines. So the Chinese militants that come up over the border won't be able to use that ammo. But Americans will have much more ammo readily available to protect themselves from Biden illegals.

Besides, if things get bad enough, people will simply blast the vending machines to get the ammo.

America free, the world free. If American freedom fails, world freedom will fail.

What if someone who happens to be an illegal inmigrant in the United States simply offers some money to a legal resident for them to use the vending machine on their hehalf and give the ammonition to the illegal inmigrant?
I mean, Ammo seems to be so plenty full there in that country that there are so many legal grey areas and instances in which a person who is not supposed to have access to guns or ammo ends up having it.
It reminds me the case of infamous Columbine shooters, who were underage and unable to get weapons on their own and still managed to get them thanks to the help of a friend who went with them to a gun show. As far as a I know those legal areas continue to be happen for anyone who desires to have a handgun without going through a federally registered shop, where their history data and psychological profile would be analized.

Vending machines are simply another way to sell. It isn't the US. It is the citizens. Go to Walmart for your bullets if you don't like vending machines.

I think you are missing the implications and comparison I was talking about when referring to vending machines which give out bullets. The first thing which comes to mind when I see a vending machine is soda cans or snacks, but bullets. By putting bullets in vending machines and allowing people to buy them in that way one would be normalizing violence/weapons to the same level of soda cans and candies.
Also, It is possible for someone mentally unstable not to be given bullets if the person tending the shop assumes the client not be not suitable to get ammonition.
I recall at least one occasion in which a person was denied ammonition and that resulted into a delay of a serious mass shooting. 

[NotFuzzyWarm]

The OP said:

in my country, the gunshop will be asking lots of questions before we can buy a handgun and ammos. but just this year, also civilians were given the go to own assault rifles. but still, there will be lots of questions, not sure if they still require neuro exam results but they used to years ago.

What do you mean when you say 'assault rifles'?
Do you mean a semi-automatic military looking magazine-fed rifle? If so - that is not an assault rifle. In most countries the legal definition of them includes them being selective-fire meaning they are capable of full auto-fire as well as semi-auto. If it is only capable of semi-auto fire it is just a rifle.

Case in point, the AR15 (semi-auto) is not an assault rifle whereas the identical looking M16 (selective-fire) is. Both use the same .223 rounds.

In the US the average citizen can buy & own an AR15. We can also legally own full-auto weapons BUT that requires a special Federal license & extensive background checks as well as requiring their purchase strictly through specially licensed dealers..

[BADecker]

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Vending machines are simply another way to sell. It isn't the US. It is the citizens. Go to Walmart for your bullets if you don't like vending machines.

I think you are missing the implications and comparison I was talking about when referring to vending machines which give out bullets. The first thing which comes to mind when I see a vending machine is soda cans or snacks, but bullets. By putting bullets in vending machines and allowing people to buy them in that way one would be normalizing violence/weapons to the same level of soda cans and candies.
Also, It is possible for someone mentally unstable not to be given bullets if the person tending the shop assumes the client not be not suitable to get ammonition.
I recall at least one occasion in which a person was denied ammonition and that resulted into a delay of a serious mass shooting. 

Back up. Haven't you essentially been saying that the ammo sellers that use vending machines are wrong? So, the mentally unstable are the bullet sellers, not the buyers. You seem to be missing a lot about what you say. The idea is freedom.

[OgNasty]

Don’t make any mistake about it. This is nothing more than the machines beginning to equip themselves. It starts off with bullets in vending machines, then before you know it you’re buying a handgun from a robot powered by AI. Then it becomes all about protecting John Connor…

[BADecker]

Don’t make any mistake about it. This is nothing more than the machines beginning to equip themselves. It starts off with bullets in vending machines, then before you know it you’re buying a handgun from a robot powered by AI. Then it becomes all about protecting John Connor…

I wonder how many of these threads are thought up by moderators, just to see if they can get any action out of us simple humans.