The latest outrage from the gun control extremists comes to you in the form of a vending machine, a vending machine that dispenses ammunition. Ammo vending machines are starting to appear at grocery stores and other locations across several states. How can they do this!?! Making deadly bullets available like it was candy or snacks! The outrage!
I wasn’t even aware of this until I saw a news report from my own wicked northeastern state. Granted it was from a station down in the radically liberal SOUTHERN part of the state next to Tax-achusetts, but sadly still from my own state. It took just three sentences before it associated the vending machines with the rise of so-called “gun violence” in the United States. <deep sigh> Really?
Ammo vending machines aren’t a new idea. Vending machines have been dispensing ammo for years. There’s even been the occasional gumball machine filled with .22 available with the turn of the knob. What these previous iterations had in common was they were installed in controlled environments such as gun clubs, ranges or firearm retailers. This meant access to them was restricted to those who already lawful access to firearms and met the minimum age requirements.
The reaction from the gun control zealots has been swift and as nonsensical as you would expect. Giffords, the California based gun control authors and legal resource provider for the gun control community said “Only in America is ammo as easy to buy as candy.”
Marla Bautista declared the “idea of vending machines dispensing ammunition in the same stores where we buy diapers and bananas seems unreal, like something out of a dystopian novel.” We can only assume Marla has never shopped at a rural grocery store or someplace like Walmart.
This new version ammo vending machine is from Dallas, TX based company American Rounds. The approach is high tech and arguably more secure than a face-to-face retail or internet transaction. While the legal age to buy rifle or shotgun ammo is 18, with pistol ammo available if you are 21, American Rounds sets their baseline age at 21 for all purchases. To purchase ammo through one of their machines, you must present a state ID which American Rounds checks to make sure it is valid. It also does a 360 degree facial scan to compare the person purchasing to the ID that was presented.
What the gun control zealots would prefer is a nationwide implementation of the ammo control laws and systems like those based in Kalifornistan. There, every purchase of ammunition must be made in person, by California residents only, with proper, current and correct state issued identification, from a state certified “ammunition vendor”, with an ‘instant’ background check performed. No bringing in ammo purchased out of state, no ordering ammo online and having it delivered to your house, no purchasing, bartering, trading or giving ammo to a friend at the range.
Keep in mind what the California system was designed to do. Right now, it’s only tracking purchases and doing background checks for buyers. Built into the system is the ability to deny purchases based on home much ammo has been bought, a quota system. Example: If you’ve already bought 100 rounds this month, you can’t buy more until next month. It also has the ability to deny purchases for calibers which do not match a firearm registered to the purchaser. Example: If you don’t have a 9 mm caliber firearm registered with the State, you can’t purchase 9 mm ammo. It can also deny purchases of ammo with lead, hollow point bullets, +P or any caliber the State decides is no longer acceptable for the citizenry to own. It can also shut down all ammunition purchases in a town/city/county or region during a riot or other ‘emergency’.
Never mind that the system, the same one California uses for its firearm background check and registration system, has a significantly high rejection rate of 16% of lawful purchases while it only identified 0.03% of prohibited purchasers. Add to this the significant delays brought on by issues with the system and it’s no wonder U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez declared the law unconstitutional and struck it down. Undeterred, California got a three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the ruling while the appeal played out.
What the gun control extremists don’t tell you is their desire to control access to ammunition is a testament to the failure of gun control. Think about it. They tell you that gun control laws are effective. Yet each year they must add more gun control laws to be effective. Now they must have ammunition control because the people who aren’t supposed to have firearms keep getting them, but THIS will stop them from using the firearms they aren’t supposed to have because of the effective gun control laws.
Remember, gun control does absolutely nothing to increase public safety and the answer to fix that shortcoming is always to implement more gun control.
For me, I like the idea of ammunition vending machines. Will it ever replace traditional firearm shops or other retailers? Absolutely not. Vending machines will provide access outside normal store business hours or when other options are a prohibitively distant. However, they will only be able to carry a limited number of calibers and options as compared to a brick and mortar or online store. You can also expect this convenience at a premium price point.
My only concerns are from the security point of view. Not so much for the machines themselves, but from the data they contain. Knowing they utilize and validate state issued identification and associate it with a purchase, makes these machines a prime target for malicious hacking as well as warrant searches by local, state and federal authorities. Given the federal government’s willingness to create and maintain a searchable database of firearms and owners in the country, against federal law, this seems like a great place for them to start tracking ammo sales too.
Of course, I’m going to try one the first chance I get. Because, ‘Merica!
Bob
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