Ammunition Vending Machines Installed In Texas Grocery Stores

Nothing remotely insane about this, no siree.

Source: New York Times

A Texas-based company has started making vending machines for gun ammunition, arguing that this is the safest way to sell it.

The company, American Rounds, has already had six of those machines installed at grocery stores in Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma. Two more are set to be installed by the end of the month in Texas and Colorado, said Grant Magers, the chief executive of American Rounds.

“Our ammo is not accessible sitting on a shelf, and we are the only company that absolutely, 100 percent requires an I.D. verification,” Mr. Magers said. He also noted that most customers purchased only one or two boxes of rounds.

Gun control advocates said that ammunition should not be so easily accessible and that the problems that the vending machine’s makers claim to combat — including ammunition theft from stores and underage ammunition purchases — would be better addressed through stricter regulations.

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