{"id":3558,"date":"2024-07-08T17:44:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2024-07-08T17:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:44:28","slug":"american-rounds-making-ammo-more-accessible-in-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3558","title":{"rendered":"American Rounds: Making Ammo More Accessible In The South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"426\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-696x426.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-696x426.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-700x429.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-1068x654.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-686x420.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine-560x343.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-Ammunition-Vending-Machine.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"American Rounds Ammunition Vending Machine\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those from my generation likely remember the great fun we had trying to get our moms to give us a nickel or dime at the grocery store so we could get a handful of M&amp;Ms or Hot Tamales from the coin-eating candy machines. While I was seldom successful (my Mom was a health food nut), I thought there was nothing cooler.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the saying goes, \u201cHold my beer.\u201d Automated vending machines at several stores in Alabama and Oklahoma are dispensing something even better than Hot Tamales\u2014specifically, ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report at al.com, a company called <a href=\"https:\/\/americanrounds.com\/\">American Rounds<\/a> makes and markets an automated ammunition dispensing machine that uses AI technology and facial recognition technology to verify a buyer\u2019s identification and age via card scanning and facial recognition software. According to the report, a buyer inserts his or her photo ID, and the machine conducts a 360-degree scan of the purchaser\u2019s face to match it to the ID card.<\/p>\n<p>American Rounds CEO Grant Magers said Fresh Value stores in Tuscaloosa and Pell City approached his company about installing the first machines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe store is a real inspiration for it,\u201d Magers said in a promotional video. \u201cThey knew their customer base and came to us and thought this would be a really good opportunity for their customer base. This is a hunting community here in Pell City, and they thought their customers would love the opportunity to buy ammunition here at the store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terry Stanley, COO of Fresh Value, said he\u2019s really excited to offer what he believes is the first ammo kiosk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re always looking for ways to give our customer another reason to come visit our stores\u2014anything that we can do to help them and make their shopping trips easier,\u201d Stanley said in the video. \u201cBased on the feedback that we\u2019ve gotten just from customers today, they are so excited about us having the ammo kiosk.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_547487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-547487\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-547487\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-700x462.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-700x462.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-1536x1014.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-696x460.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-1068x705.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-636x420.png 636w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds-560x370.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/American-Rounds.png 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-547487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from American Rounds promotional video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American Rounds\u2019 Magers said one of the ways his company is changing the landscape of ammunition sales is making it more available and more secure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to move it into a place like a grocery store or supermarket makes it a lot more available to the public,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019re taking a different approach to it. Traditionally, ammunition is sold at outdoor-type stores and sporting goods stores and it just sits on the shelf. It\u2019s very accessible, and because of that there\u2019s a high rate of theft. But with our machines, we have a very secure automated retail machine. We\u2019re able to age verify\u2026 So the machines really provide an opportunity for safe, affordable and available ammunition sales.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magers said along with Alabama, his company has machines slated to go into Louisiana and Texas in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, over the next year, we\u2019re looking forward to seeing these roll out throughout the South and Southeast,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/american-rounds-making-ammo-more-accessible-in-the-south\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Those from my generation likely remember the great fun we had trying to get our moms to give us a nickel or dime at the grocery store so we could get a handful of M&amp;Ms or Hot Tamales from the coin-eating candy machines. 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