TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Vending machines can have a variety of goods, such as chips and drinks, but have you ever heard of a vending machine that dispenses ammunition? It may sound like a device out of a ...

Candy, ice and lottery tickets have long been impulse items sold at checkouts in American grocery stores. Now bullets are joining the list of merchandise peddled to consumers as they exit at a growing ...

Adults in some U.S. states can now buy gun ammunition out of AI-powered vending machines right at their local grocery store. The company that makes them argues it’s a safer way to sell ammo than ...

Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas are the first states to get computerized vending machines where someone can go up and purchase ammunition with the touch of some buttons. Additional machines are scheduled ...

The vending machines, sold by a company called American Rounds, sell ammunition that can be used in handguns, rifles and shotguns. They have been installed in Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama so far. By ...

Vending machines that dispense bullets have been rolled out in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas. The machines use facial recognition for age and ID verification. One expert warned there could be hacking ...

Shoppers at select grocery stores around the South can pick up something new: ammunition dispensed from a high-tech vending machine that contains a plentiful assortment of 12-gauge shotgun shells and ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. The vending machine is not our most cutting-edge technology. But it’s one that we can’t seem to quit ...