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Episode: Milk, eggs, and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines
Description: A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas, allowing patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk.
American Rounds said their machines use an identification scanner and facial recognition software to verify the purchaser’s age and are as “quick and easy” to use as a computer tablet. But advocates worry that selling bullets out of vending machines will lead to more shootings in the U.S.
The company maintains the age-verification technology means that the transactions are as secure, or more secure than online sales, which may no...