Spain terminates an Israeli ammo contract after uproar threatened to topple the coalition.

After the Spanish press revealed that Madrid had ordered 15 million bullets from an Israeli military firm last fall, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the €6.6 million contract would be nixed, in a bid to quell the backlash that nearly split the country’s coalition government.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250424-spain-terminates-an-israeli-ammo-contract-after-uproar-threatened-to-topple-the-coalition?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

what if one of the million #bullets in the #usa that could be used for #school shootings would be fire #musk or #trump.
would it make you sad, or would it be like killing #hitler

#Bullets are joining the list of merchandise peddled to consumers as they exit at a growing number of stores around the country.

Dallas-based start-up "American Rounds" rolled its first
automated retail ammo machine into a Fresh Value grocery store in Pell City, Alabama, late in 2023,
selling various brands of rifle, shotgun and handgun ammo.

The company advertises its machines as a safer and more convenient way to buy ammo than at a large retail store or online.

But public health experts have questioned whether the company’s suicide prevention efforts are sufficient,
and elected officials in areas where machines were set up have worried that the easy availability of ammunition could lead to impulsive purchases by people who seek to do harm.

“If you’re in the ammunition space … you have a social responsibility to make things as safe as possible while maintaining the integrity of the Second Amendment,” American Rounds CEO Grant Magers told The Washington Post. “We wanted to accomplish both.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/15/ammunition-vending-machines-grocery-stores/

Scares the Dickens out them.

A New York Times investigation conducted last year found that shooters have used bullets from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in at least 12 high-profile mass shootings, including at a supermarket in Buffalo (2022), a movie theater in Aurora (2012), a concert venue in Las Vegas (2017), and schools in Parkland (2018) and Uvalde (2022).[1] Over a year after these troubling revelations came to light, the Pentagon is STILL allowing Lake City to pump “billions of rounds of military-grade ammunition into the commercial market.” It’s no wonder the US has such a high rate of mass shootings. #GunControl #WeaponsManufacturers #Bullets #USArmy

Container carrying #bullets for the #Israeli army has been BLOCKED by Dockers of COSCO in port of Piraeus, #Greece ..

Since a 20-year-old white man and registered Republican tried to assassinate Trump with an AR-style rifle, he has been eager to talk about #bullets.
He referencedthe bullets that nearly killed him 11 times in his speech at the Republican National Convention,
almost as often as he used the word “#invasion” to describe immigrants.
He talked about bullets again a day later in Michigan, saying:
“I took a bullet for democracy.” He repeatedly mentioned bullets at his July 31 rally in Pennsylvania.
So let’s talk about bullets.
In the wake of his assassination attempt, Trump now falls into the same category as many of the immigrants he’s been scapegoating:
survivors of underregulated guns.

An iron river of U.S. firearms has flowed south for decades,
causing unprecedented levels of bloodshed across Latin America in defiance of the region’s strict gun laws.

In Mexico, which has just one gun store and requires months of background checks, about ️70 percent of weapons found at crime scenes have been traced to the U.S., for example.
️More than half a million U.S. guns are trafficked into Mexico annually, according to that country’s estimates.
️The Mexican government is even suing U.S. gun manufacturers for $10 billion, accusing them of knowingly flooding the country with weapons.

Although undocumented immigrants come from an increasing array of nations, the majority still come from Latin America, with the largest number of immigrants coming from Mexico, followed by Venezuela.

We can’t have border control without gun control.
If Harris, and every major Democrat, beat the drum about this as often as the Republican Party spews hate against immigrants, Trump could lose arguably his most potent ammunition.

https://newrepublic.com/article/184504/kamala-harris-reframe-immigration-gun-control-issue

Something of note considering gun violence in the news.
In Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas you can now buy gun ammunition from vending machines.

#ammunition #bullets #VendingMachines #USA #GunViolence #Alabama #Oklahoma #Texas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwwKHric19c

This is not from The Onion!
A #Texas-based company has developed #vending machines that sell #bullets and installed them at a handful of grocery stores in Texas, #Oklahoma, and #Alabama,
with plans for expansion into other states, according to news reports this week.
The machines, produced by American Rounds, based in the Dallas area, use artificial intelligence to verify the age of buyers, who must be 21 to purchase
the shotgun, rifle, and handgun bullets on offer.
https://www.rawstory.com/thought-it-was-a-joke-vending-machines-in-3-gop-led-states-stun-consumers/

The United States is like the #Borderlands, but with less free loot.

https://apnews.com/article/ammunition-vending-machines-ddb2e507213cda8ef46da0d8146253ae

Medics at UCLA Protest Say Police Weapons Drew Blood and Cracked Bones

Inside the protesters’ encampment at UCLA, beneath the glow of hanging flashlights and a deafening backdrop of exploding flash-bangs, OB-GYN resident Elaine Chan suddenly felt like a battlefield medic.

Chan, 31, a medical tent volunteer, said protesters limped in with severe puncture wounds, but there was little hope of getting them to a hospital through the chaos outside.
Chan suspects the injuries were caused by #rubber #bullets or other “less lethal” projectiles, which police have confirmed were fired at protesters.
“It would pierce through skin and gouge deep into people’s bodies,” she said. “
All of them were profusely bleeding.
In OB-GYN we don’t treat rubber bullets. … I couldn’t believe that this was allowed to be [done to] civilians — students — without protective gear.”

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ucla-protest-gaza-israel-rubber-bullets-injuries-volunteer-medics/

Wow a #hail of #bullets and #KevinHernandez is murdered.

#Country is not that bad! I gotta go check out some of his #music. Usually murdering a #musician doesn't actually silence his or her voice. #Selena for example was like a hammer on her killer and she's still in many people's #memories. I hope this moment does exactly the same and more to the #killers.

If you're someone who possesses #guns and #ammunition, you had better be damn sure you didn't accidentally leave a handful of #bullets in your #luggage before heading out to another country. Part of being a responsible #gunOwner is keeping tabs on your #ammo, and researching the applicable laws of the country you're visiting. What's no big deal back home in #Oklahoma can get you a decade or more in a foreign prison.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/ryan-watson-ammunition-turks-caicos-b2536699.html

Police allegedly use rubber bullets and teargas in Georgia

Police have carried out multiple #violent #arrests at Emory University in Decatur, Georgia, in what appears to be the first campus crackdown in recent days to involve #rubber #bullets and #teargas after students set up an encampment in solidarity with #Palestine and against #Cop #City.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/emory-university-protest-arrests?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, March 16

Russian torture of Ukrainian POWs ‘widespread and systematic,’ UN commission says -- Fire reported at Russia's Syzran oil refinery -- Russian missile attack sets fire to medical facility in Kharkiv Oblast -- Whether afraid or indifferent, regular Russians enable autocracy -- and more

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20March%2016/

#Cop: "The oak #tree is #shooting #acorns at me! Firing all my #bullets into the #handcuffed person in my cruiser.
I am truly a #warrior."

#ACAB

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/16/cop-tries-to-kill-an-arrestee-because-nature-happened/