‘Bullets for sale': Texas company introduces ammo vending machines in US grocery stores

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A Richardson-based company has installed vending machines that sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas, raising concerns among gun…

It might come to mind when one thinks of vending machines, candy bars, or a bag of chips. However, a growing number of machines are selling something much different.

“We prefer to call them automated retail machines because that's really what they are,” said American Rounds CEO Grant Magers.The first machine was placed inside a store in Alabama in November 2023. They're now at eight locations in four states, and Magers says requests are growing daily. After choosing ammunition on the machine’s touch screen, checking out is a multi-step process. Then, facial recognition software validates whether the buyer is the same person pictured on the ID.A senior vice president for Everytown for Gun Safety said in a statement, “Innovations that make ammunition sales more secure via facial recognition, age verification, and the tracking of serial sales are promising safety measures that belong in gun stores, not in the place where you buy your kids milk.

Vending machines for bullets or other age-restricted materials is not an entirely new idea. Companies have developed similar technology to sell alcoholic beverages. A company has marketed automated kiosks to sell cannabis products in dispensaries in states where marijuana is legal.

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