Start-up putting ammo vending machines in grocery stores plans to grow

[Guno צְבִי]

Dallas-based start-up American Rounds rolled its first automated retail ammo machine into a Fresh Value grocery store in Pell City, Alabama, late in 2023, selling various brands of rifle, shotgun and handgun ammo.



The company advertises its machines as a safer and more convenient way to buy ammo than at a large retail store or online. But public health experts have questioned whether the company’s suicide prevention efforts are sufficient, and elected officials in areas where machines were set up have worried that the easy availability of ammunition could lead to impulsive purchases by people who seek to do harm.

Start-up putting ammo vending machines in grocery stores plans to grow

Candy, ice and lottery tickets have long been impulse items sold at checkouts in American grocery stores. Now bullets are joining the list of merchandise peddled to consumers as they exit at a growing number of stores around the country. Dallas-based start-up American Rounds rolled its first...

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[T. A. Gardner]

Okay, and so?

I can buy ammo at the ACE Hardware a few blocks from my house. So?

 

[Diogenes]

I can buy ammo at the ACE Hardware a few blocks from my house. So?

Not everyone lives near you. I'd love to have access to ammo wherever I travel.

It's the American way. Capitalism.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Not everyone lives near you. I'd love to have access to ammo wherever I travel.

It's the American way. Capitalism.

Well, it is Arizona. Open and concealed carry are allowed without a license.

 

[Diogenes]

Well, it is Arizona. Open and concealed carry are allowed without a license.

I hear President Trump is working on nationwide reciprocity.

Trump's Push For Country-Wide Concealed Carry Reciprocity Has Legs Now That Republicans Hold Congress | Concealed Nation

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to sign a nationwide concealed carry reciprocity law, allowing gun owners with permits to carry firearms across state lines.

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[T. A. Gardner]

Oh, the ACE... They have some of their ammo at the cash registers like grocery stores have those tabloids and candy bars at the check out counters... And they sell a selection of high capacity magazines too.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I hear President Trump is working on nationwide reciprocity.

Trump's Push For Country-Wide Concealed Carry Reciprocity Has Legs Now That Republicans Hold Congress | Concealed Nation

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to sign a nationwide concealed carry reciprocity law, allowing gun owners with permits to carry firearms across state lines.

concealednation.org

That happens and the states with restrictive gun laws are doomed. They'll pretty much just have drop them entirely.

 

[Diogenes]

That happens and the states with restrictive gun laws are doomed. They'll pretty much just have drop them entirely.

The Constitution of the United Sates of America TRUMPS any state law, I believe.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

Oh, the ACE... They have some of their ammo at the cash registers like grocery stores have those tabloids and candy bars at the check out counters... And they sell a selection of high capacity magazines too.

 

[Taichiliberal]

This pretty much says it all. And of course, this just in for the holidays: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/15-year-old-girl-fatally-shoots-teacher-and-teenager-at-a-christian-school-in-wisconsin/ar-AA1vZGQ6?ocid=TobArticle

If I lived in another country, I sure as hell would talk my kid out of living in the USA "for the experience".

 

[Diogenes]

This pretty much says it all. And of course, this just in for the holidays: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/15-year-old-girl-fatally-shoots-teacher-and-teenager-at-a-christian-school-in-wisconsin/ar-AA1vZGQ6?ocid=TobArticle

If I lived in another country, I sure as hell would talk my kid out of living in the USA "for the experience".

If...

 

[Diogenes]

If you're scared, buy a gun.

 

[ExpressLane]

Dallas-based start-up American Rounds rolled its first automated retail ammo machine into a Fresh Value grocery store in Pell City, Alabama, late in 2023, selling various brands of rifle, shotgun and handgun ammo.



The company advertises its machines as a safer and more convenient way to buy ammo than at a large retail store or online. But public health experts have questioned whether the company’s suicide prevention efforts are sufficient, and elected officials in areas where machines were set up have worried that the easy availability of ammunition could lead to impulsive purchases by people who seek to do harm.

Start-up putting ammo vending machines in grocery stores plans to grow

Candy, ice and lottery tickets have long been impulse items sold at checkouts in American grocery stores. Now bullets are joining the list of merchandise peddled to consumers as they exit at a growing number of stores around the country. Dallas-based start-up American Rounds rolled its first...

news.yahoo.com

Great idea. I used to buy ammo at the local convenience store two blocks from my house when I was a kid. This way there will be less theft of ammo by store employees.

 

[Lionfish]

Dallas-based start-up American Rounds rolled its first automated retail ammo machine into a Fresh Value grocery store in Pell City, Alabama, late in 2023, selling various brands of rifle, shotgun and handgun ammo.



The company advertises its machines as a safer and more convenient way to buy ammo than at a large retail store or online. But public health experts have questioned whether the company’s suicide prevention efforts are sufficient, and elected officials in areas where machines were set up have worried that the easy availability of ammunition could lead to impulsive purchases by people who seek to do harm.

Start-up putting ammo vending machines in grocery stores plans to grow

Candy, ice and lottery tickets have long been impulse items sold at checkouts in American grocery stores. Now bullets are joining the list of merchandise peddled to consumers as they exit at a growing number of stores around the country. Dallas-based start-up American Rounds rolled its first...

news.yahoo.com

 

[Taichiliberal]

Great idea. I used to buy ammo at the local convenience store two blocks from my house when I was a kid. This way there will be less theft of ammo by store employees.

Hmm, I haven't read of a rise in "ammo theft" in the last 20 years. Yet we sure as hell have experienced a market rise in mass shootings by folk who shouldn't have a weapon in the first place .... but they used the assault weapon du jour that the GOP and gun monkeys put back on the open market in 2004.

 

[Walt]

There is a reason we do not sell cigarettes out of vending machines anymore. We would rather a human checks ID, before you can buy cigarettes. See how it works?

 

[Earl]

There is a reason we do not sell cigarettes out of vending machines anymore. We would rather a human checks ID, before you can buy cigarettes. See how it works?

It’s ammo, not weapons, Walter.

A person who buys ammo usually already has a weapon.

When I was in high school, my classmates would bring their new rifles or shotguns to school in their P/U’s. No one ever shot anyone.

What happened to Americans that school shootings are now common. Drugs? Who knows, Walter?

 

[Walt]

It’s ammo, not weapons, Walter.

Ammo would be part of a weapon. If you put ammo together with a gun, you get a weapon. When I was a kid, some friends and I made a zip gun, which fired a bullet. My advice in designing such a weapon is spend most of your time designing a way to fire it without being close to it.

 

[Earl]

Ammo would be part of a weapon. If you put ammo together with a gun, you get a weapon. When I was a kid, some friends and I made a zip gun, which fired a bullet. My advice in designing such a weapon is spend most of your time designing a way to fire it without being close to it.

As I said, it’s ammo, not a weapon.

An empty weapon is still a weapon, Walter.

Still no answer to why there were no shootings back when students brought weapons to school.

What changed, Walter?