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A Canyon Lake, Texas, supermarket has a new vending machine, but rather than selling candy, drinks or potato chips, it dispenses ammunition.
Lowe’s Market on Sattler Road in Canyon Lake was the recent recipient of the first ammunition vending machine in the state.
While recent trends across the U.S. have seen vending machines used to sell sandwiches from places like Subway, marijuana products, candied bacon and even crack pipes, they are now being used to sell ammunition.
While some may be concerned selling ammunition from a vending machine could lead to bullets in the hands of criminals or even children, the company behind the latest trend, American Rounds, claims its machines offer the highest standards and state-of-the-art security.
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American Rounds is bringing ammunition vending machines to stores around the country, starting with Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. (American Rounds, LLC)
American Rounds CEO Grant Magers told Fox News Digital his company was established last summer. Since then, it has installed ammunition vending machines at eight locations.
The first machine was installed at a Fresh Value supermarket in Pell City, Alabama. American Rounds also has four machines in Oklahoma at Super C Marts located in Noble, Lindsay, Wetumka and Kingston.
Along with the vending machine at Lowe’s Market in Canyon Lake, the company plans to install another at a second Canyon Lake Lowe’s Market in a couple of weeks.
The eighth vending machine will be installed at a LaGree’s Food Store in Buena Vista, Colorado, next week.
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American Rounds is bringing ammunition vending machines to stores around the country, starting with Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. (American Rounds, LLC)
“We have over 200 store requests for AARM (Automated Ammo Retail Machines) units covering approximately nine states currently, and that number is growing daily,” Magers said.
With business on the rise, Magers said he found it equally important to address the technology used in the ammunition kiosks, saying it provides accessibility but also safety.
The CEO said technology was a key factor when deciding to create American Rounds. Ammunition is sold otherwise either online or off the shelf.
“These environments lead to inadvertent sales to underaged purchasers, and … in the case of retail stores, a high theft rate,” he said. “What we loved about this concept is the AARM units use state-of-the-art ID scanners combined with facial recognition before a transaction can be made.”
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American Rounds is placing ammunition vending machines inside grocery stores around the country. (Silas…
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