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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.
  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    5 months ago

    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?

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
    1·
    5 months ago

    Okay, and?

    I’m not going to buy ammo from a vending machine, because I’m not interested in willingly submitting to their biometrics. But how is this really different from someone going to a gun store to buy a few boxes of ammunition, aside from being more convenient and more expensive? If you have to have your ID read by the machine, and it’s also using biometrics to make sure you match the ID, then where is the issue? Beyond, that is, someone’s opposition to firearms in general.