▲ 134 ▼ Milk, eggs and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I like how they make this sound like it's unusual. Walmart sold ammo for years, and here, local chains like Bi-Mart still do. The only interesting bit is the vending machine. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) Outside of the rural south this is very unusual permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I live in a progressive urban area far from the Southern US. I can think of at least 2 different stores near me that sell groceries and ammunition. From my experience, groceries + ammo is pretty common for many big-box stores in the suburbs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. I don’t think I’ll understand the south’s love of guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's for them to rise up and defend themselves if the US government ever gets authoritarian. Well, unless it's their kind of authoritarian. You know, white Christofascist ethnostate authoritarianism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago In pretty sure our canadian walmarts sold ammo permalink fedilink source parent [–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Every Walmart outside of the big city sells ammo in my blue state, then again there aren't any Walmarts in the big city. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago Walmart sells ammunition in more than half of their stores. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) Outside of the rural south this is very unusual permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I live in a progressive urban area far from the Southern US. I can think of at least 2 different stores near me that sell groceries and ammunition. From my experience, groceries + ammo is pretty common for many big-box stores in the suburbs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. I don’t think I’ll understand the south’s love of guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's for them to rise up and defend themselves if the US government ever gets authoritarian. Well, unless it's their kind of authoritarian. You know, white Christofascist ethnostate authoritarianism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago In pretty sure our canadian walmarts sold ammo permalink fedilink source parent [–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Every Walmart outside of the big city sells ammo in my blue state, then again there aren't any Walmarts in the big city. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago Walmart sells ammunition in more than half of their stores. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I live in a progressive urban area far from the Southern US. I can think of at least 2 different stores near me that sell groceries and ammunition. From my experience, groceries + ammo is pretty common for many big-box stores in the suburbs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. I don’t think I’ll understand the south’s love of guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's for them to rise up and defend themselves if the US government ever gets authoritarian. Well, unless it's their kind of authoritarian. You know, white Christofascist ethnostate authoritarianism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I stand corrected. I don’t think I’ll understand the south’s love of guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's for them to rise up and defend themselves if the US government ever gets authoritarian. Well, unless it's their kind of authoritarian. You know, white Christofascist ethnostate authoritarianism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's for them to rise up and defend themselves if the US government ever gets authoritarian. Well, unless it's their kind of authoritarian. You know, white Christofascist ethnostate authoritarianism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago In pretty sure our canadian walmarts sold ammo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Every Walmart outside of the big city sells ammo in my blue state, then again there aren't any Walmarts in the big city. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago Walmart sells ammunition in more than half of their stores. permalink fedilink source parent
