• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Ok, how about no bullet vending machines because that’s obviously dystopian and if you desperately need bullets and can’t wait to get to a gun shop you have bigger issues

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    2 hours ago

    I agree with Chirs Rock that you shouldn’t worry so much about regulating guns as much as regulating ammunition. This was a terrible idea.

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    Won’t anyone think of the gun owners that have social anxiety that can’t bear to look the guy at the gun shop in the eye and don’t have the time to wait for an online order because IVE GOT TO DO IT TONIGHT IF I DON’T DO IT TONIGHT ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN

    /s

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    2 hours ago

    What happens if the building with this vending machine catches fire?

    Or if someone throws a molitov cocktail at it?

  • Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 hours ago

    Hey everyone, lockpickinglawer here. Today I’m going to show you how you can open one ammo vending machine with another ammo vending machine.

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    The people who use the machine are undoubtedly the same people terrified of a national gun owner registry. A machine that scans your whole face from multiple angles every time you buy ammo…

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      Neo Libertarians. As long as its a private company with all their biometrics, they’re fine with it

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    Humanity is fucked when you can buy death from a vending machine. Where are the vodka vending machines? No? Just things to kill people.

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    Why in the everliving fuck is that a thing anyone needed? Just go to a gun store and show your ID if needed for fucks sake

    We don’t need a new way to buy bullets, we certainly don’t need a vending machine for them, and if we’re getting one anyway it certainly doesn’t need AI, who the fuck dreamt this up and thought it was a good idea??

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      As a big proponent of the 2A and generally in favor of less restrictions, I also don’t see the point. Here are the times I’d need ammo:

      • at the range - just call someone over and they’ll deliver it to you
      • before going hunting - I’m heading to the hunting store anyway, I’ll just pick some up there
      • a trip to BLM land to go shooting - pull from stash and refresh it w/ an online order
      • when picking up a new gun - gun stores tend to have ammo

      Vending machines tend to be in more urban environments, and if I’m there, I either already have ammo (if I’m carrying concealed) or I’m not carrying a firearm anyway. In the rare situation where I’m carrying a firearm w/o ammo (why?), I’m not going to stop and load my gun in public, so why go to the vending machine?

      I don’t see any good reason for this to exist. Either order online or pick up along w/ other stuff at the gun store. A vending machine is going to be out of whatever caliber I want anyway and they’ll probably get restocked rarely, so even a mild convenience would likely end up being an inconvenience. So even if it was safe, it’s not solving any problems.

      As someone w/ young kids, I definitely don’t want to make access to ammo easier for casual gun owners. Gun enthusiasts already know where to get ammo, this is just going to be a target for bored kids.

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      Who cares? You can buy ammo in plenty of places and most of us buy it online for the deep discount.

      The AI is for age verification or this idea would never fly.

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      Because AI is racist and the US never developed gun laws until a bunch of black folks in California and decided to use their rights

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      13 hours ago

      Because it is currently the most advanced way to pretend you are doing age verification when really you aren’t that is available on the market.

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        How about this: scan your state issued ID. My license has a barcode, and bars already scan it, so it’s a solved problem, no AI needed. The process should essentially be:

        1. scan license
        2. snap picture of face
        3. send to police for lookup - needed to verify you’re not a felon or whatever, there’s more to it than just age verification
        4. accept or reject transaction

        The only AI that needs to exist would be at the local precinct, and used for related ID verification checks.

        Or how about this, instead of all this BS, put the vending machine in the store and have a clerk check your ID like they normally would.

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          But that is boring, that might actually solve the problem and doesn’t have any hype keywords to get anyone to overvalue your company and buy it.

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      Things like this are literally just so that there is a test case to make it up to the Supreme Court. They do something ridiculous that obviously violates the intent of the law but mostly stays inside the letter of the law, in hopes that the Supreme Court will take it up and overturn the law. So, yes, the fact that the vending machine can technically sell bullets to minors is a feature, not a bug. Why is their endgame getting rid of age restrictions for firearms and ammunition? You’d have to ask the death cult themselves about that one.

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    Bullet vending machines? Just in case you find yourself running low on bullets while out and about in the city? “Damn it. They’re out of Snickers bars so I guess I’ll just settle for some 9mm.”