Ask yourself how often you’ve found yourself in this familiar pickle: It’s late Saturday night and you’ve run out of ammunition. The stores are closed until Monday. It’s beg, borrow or steal some rounds, or else fiddle away the rest of your weekend with empty clips.

Relief is at hand, pardner. A company based in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, is taking steps to make being out of ammo a thing of the past.

The company, American Rounds, is rolling out its first ammunition vending machine in Canyon Lake. Individuals who provide ID and a facial recognition scan will be able to purchase rifle and pistol bullets from the machine. Like fallin’ off a log!

And rest easy, friend, it’s legitimate and aboveboard. As long as you’re not convicted of a felony or domestic violence you don’t have to put up with a background check in order to buy ammunition. The CEO of American Rounds says the company’s “protocols” are “within industry standards and state law.”

(Source: Allyson Waller, “The Brief,” The Texas Tribune, 7-16-24).

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