# It is easier to buy ammo than cigarettes **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [July 4, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769 "2024-07-04T19:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PucksFool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/pucksfool/32/47955_2.png) [@PucksFool](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PucksFool)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/1 "2024-07-04T19:56:20Z")
> **[Vending machines dispense ammunition at two Alabama grocery stores: How they...](https://www.al.com/news/2024/07/vending-machines-dispense-ammunition-at-two-alabama-grocery-stores-how-they-work.html)** > > The retail automated ammo dispensers can scan cards and verify a buyer’s age. ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/2 "2024-07-04T20:08:52Z")
Gun-related deaths, United States, 2022 Pie chart with 5 slices. Total deaths: 48,204 View as data table, Gun-related deaths, United States, 2022 Preventable/accidental​Preventable/accidentalSuicide​SuicideHomicide​HomicideLegal Intervention​Legal InterventionUndetermined​Undetermined© 2024 National Safety Council. All rights reserved. Gun-related deaths, United States, 2022 Total deaths: 48,204 > **[Gun Deaths in America, 2022 - Injury Facts](https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/guns/)** > > Gun deaths from preventable, intentional, and undetermined causes totaled 48,204 in 2022, a decrease of 1% from 2021. ---
**Author:** ![mschmit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mschmit/32/1404_2.png) [@mschmit](https://discussion.fool.com/u/mschmit)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/3 "2024-07-04T21:17:09Z")
Of course this is bad…but - Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death in the U.S., killing over 480,000 people per year. - Secondhand smoke causes more than 41,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. [Tobacco Facts | State of Tobacco Control | American Lung Association](https://www.lung.org/research/sotc/facts#:~:text=Smoking%20is%20the%20number%20one,in%20the%20U.S.%20each%20year). Mike ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/4 "2024-07-04T22:03:52Z")
What are you trying to say? Uninsured and underinsured people there are 30k deaths per year because of lack of funding. Picking your belly button might kill you. ---
**Author:** ![mschmit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mschmit/32/1404_2.png) [@mschmit](https://discussion.fool.com/u/mschmit)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/5 "2024-07-05T22:19:14Z")
> [@Leap1](#): > > What are you trying to say? They are both bad things that both cause harm, so why try to “compare” them? Mike ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/6 "2024-07-06T00:29:59Z")
Because the ammo in a couple of places is being sold like cigarettes. Ammo costs less than cigarettes ---
**Author:** ![mschmit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mschmit/32/1404_2.png) [@mschmit](https://discussion.fool.com/u/mschmit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/7 "2024-07-06T07:10:23Z")
> [@Leap1](#): > > Because the ammo in a couple of places is being sold like cigarettes. I thought that cigarette vending machines were outlawed decades ago. But I was wrong…it seems a licensed facility can sell them only if the location is adults only. The ammo machines scan a photo ID and do a face scan, not sure if the cigarette machines to that Mjike ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/8 "2024-07-06T10:27:24Z")
We are talking deep red states. Listening on NPR today to a show on army recruits and the rise of country music. Country because it was folksy for the Southern kids. In other words get someone shot at or worse but make it nice propaganda. ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/9 "2024-07-06T10:51:11Z")
> [@Leap1](#): > > Listening on NPR today to a show on army recruits and the rise of country music. Ken Burns did a nice 10-part documentary on the history of country music. Also a series on jazz. Both series are recommended. DB2 ---
**Author:** ![PucksFool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/pucksfool/32/47955_2.png) [@PucksFool](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PucksFool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/10 "2024-07-06T22:46:26Z")
How much airplay is Beyonce’s country music album getting on C&W stations? That is a serious question. I don’t listen to the radio. ---
**Author:** ![Leap1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/leap1/32/72176_2.png) [@Leap1](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Leap1)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/it-is-easier-to-buy-ammo-than-cigarettes/106769/11 "2024-07-07T13:44:58Z")
I do not listen to country stations. The hip hop stations have moved on after a few other black country songs were throw in the mix. NPR did a story on B and a few stories on black cow pokes. Only with so many black cow pokes did the word “cowboy” get invented. It was made white by Hollywood.