July 17, 2024
Coming to a store near you: American Rounds Express Ammo vending machines.
Fully automated, heavily stocked, and 24/7 accessible vending machines that dispense ammunition for pistols, rifles, and shotguns have been placed in multiple grocery stores throughout Oklahoma and Alabama.
American Rounds, the company behind this venture to revolutionize the bullet buying process, wants to provide customers the ability to “buy ammunition on your own schedule, free from the constraints of store hours and long lines.”
Grant Major, CEO of American Rounds, has reported significant success in sales and popularity of the machines. As a result, the venture is expanding, with new vending machines being installed in Texas and Colorado and further expansion in Oklahoma.
The machines are equipped with TSA standard ID card scanners and AI-powered facial recognition software to ensure safety, security, and legality. This prevents underage or other prohibited individuals from purchasing ammo from the machines.
American Rounds has emphasized its goals of complying with federal and local regulations while simplifying consumer experiences. Due to discrepancies between state laws regarding age requirements to purchase ammunition, all machines require users to be 21 years of age or older.
Major also assured certain customers, who were skeptical of the ID verification process, that the obtained information is shared with no one and is strictly for the purpose of age verification.
Could this be the future of ammunition purchasing? Will customers nationwide trend towards the RedBox of self-defense? How could these machines impact traditional gun ranges and ammo shops?
There are many questions to be answered, but nonetheless, the expansion of ammunition accessibility for responsible Americans is undoubtedly a positive development.
