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Company debuts vending machines selling ammunition in 3 Southern states (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Vending machines selling ammunition will now be in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma – a move that has generated mixed feelings from officials in those states.

American Rounds, the distributor of the machines, uses AI technology to scan the customers’ identification as well as facial recognition software to verify a customer’s identity, according to the company’s website.

The software works together to verify the buyer’s age and that the person using the machine matches the identification scanned.

Each machine sells ammunition for various firearm calibers, including rifles, shotguns and handguns, according to American Rounds.

It’s like the conceptual equivalent of a dumpster fire. What is actually wrong with the brains of people who thought this was a good idea?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not completely well versed in America but those 3 states tend to be the ones with higher frequency of school shootings if I remember right...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I check a little and, not exactly. They are very very red though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_by_death_toll

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