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The world’s weirdest vending machine shows how getting a gun is as easy as buying candy

By Siyi Chen
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This art project is probably the world’s weirdest candy vending machine.

Constantine Zlatev, an artist based in San Francisco, transformed a Winchester rifle to make it fire candies rather than bullet shells. He wants the project to remind people of the absurdity of making guns as accessible as candy.

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