Bullet vending machines? Just in case you find yourself running low on bullets while out and about in the city? “Damn it. They’re out of Snickers bars so I guess I’ll just settle for some 9mm.”
For when you run out of 5.56 before third period biology
Your going to have to disect the lab rat live, fresh from the dumpster.
TBH shooting a rat with 5.56x45 would leave you with more cleaning up than dissectable rat.
The morning riot used 2 more mags than usual.
Same reason as any other vending machine, impulse buys.
Ammo should never be an impulse buy, and I say this as a strong proponent of the 2A.
“Well hell, I should try something different in that gun that doesn’t work quite right. Wonder if this works better?”
There. Impulse buy.
Want or need?
Always the question.
Why in the everliving fuck is that a thing anyone needed? Just go to a gun store and show your ID if needed for fucks sake
We don’t need a new way to buy bullets, we certainly don’t need a vending machine for them, and if we’re getting one anyway it certainly doesn’t need AI, who the fuck dreamt this up and thought it was a good idea??
Amoral greedy hateful conservatives.
But I repeat myself.
As a big proponent of the 2A and generally in favor of less restrictions, I also don’t see the point. Here are the times I’d need ammo:
- at the range - just call someone over and they’ll deliver it to you
- before going hunting - I’m heading to the hunting store anyway, I’ll just pick some up there
- a trip to BLM land to go shooting - pull from stash and refresh it w/ an online order
- when picking up a new gun - gun stores tend to have ammo
Vending machines tend to be in more urban environments, and if I’m there, I either already have ammo (if I’m carrying concealed) or I’m not carrying a firearm anyway. In the rare situation where I’m carrying a firearm w/o ammo (why?), I’m not going to stop and load my gun in public, so why go to the vending machine?
I don’t see any good reason for this to exist. Either order online or pick up along w/ other stuff at the gun store. A vending machine is going to be out of whatever caliber I want anyway and they’ll probably get restocked rarely, so even a mild convenience would likely end up being an inconvenience. So even if it was safe, it’s not solving any problems.
As someone w/ young kids, I definitely don’t want to make access to ammo easier for casual gun owners. Gun enthusiasts already know where to get ammo, this is just going to be a target for bored kids.
BLM land?
Who cares? You can buy ammo in plenty of places and most of us buy it online for the deep discount.
The AI is for age verification or this idea would never fly.
Ok, how about no bullet vending machines because that’s obviously dystopian and if you desperately need bullets and can’t wait to get to a gun shop you have bigger issues
Surge pricing.
America is the stupidest damn place that has ever existed
To be fair, England also exists
England still claims 10% of American stupidity as debt service.
I find it far less disturbing.
Yeah looking at the history it’s very problematic, but England has always retained a some sense of… morality. Fuck monarchy and all, but I find it very challenging to imagine the UK going as insane as the US is currently.
Like when you read shit like this, I know who I favour historically:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge
Eh… agree to disagree. Racism is far more mask off, and transpeople are attacked far more…
I will give credit that Boris Johnson’s cult fizzled out when it became obvious he fucked up, Trump’s is still going strong even after the MILLIONS his botching of Covid snuffed out
“It is easy for an underaged purchaser to go online and click they are of legal age, purchase ammunition, and have it shipped to their house,” added Magers
WTF America, do amo marketplaces really have the same security standards as p**nhub ?
Don’t be silly. Porn sites could permanently scar kids for life when they see a nipple, obviously they need much better protection than something benign like shipping explosives to their house /s
WTF America, do amo marketplaces really have the same security standards as pornhub ?
FTFY
It’s like society wants to be all the fucking worst parts of Mega Man Battle Network
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Won’t anyone think of the gun owners that have social anxiety that can’t bear to look the guy at the gun shop in the eye and don’t have the time to wait for an online order because IVE GOT TO DO IT TONIGHT IF I DON’T DO IT TONIGHT ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN
/s
All you need is a frequency modulator and to send four pulses of a specific amplitude at the right time in sequence, and then all the bullet costs are discounted.
Does OSM have any bullet vending machines?
Edit it has two:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12272507646
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12118923148Thats genuinely amazing. The OSM community doesn’t care if what you built is dumb, they just care if it’s on the map
Props to them
Nice, that first one is right next to a bank too. So if you show up to rob the place, but forgot your ammo, then you’re set!
Experts find that water is wet.
A society that wants to be a war zone
But voting machines are safe, right? /s
luckily we have this cybersecurity export to get that info
