Woman shot in the butt after entering MRI machine with loaded gun

[Cholo]

I found this hard to believe so I checked several sources. It seems to be true! This is next level stupid! But, wait, there's more! In Jan. a guy in Brazil was shot and killed while entering an MRI with a gun tucked in his waistband.

For those kind of people it was just meant to be.

Woman shot in butt after sliding into MRI machine with loaded firearm

Who said being confined in a loud, claustrophobic metal tube couldn’t be a blast?

nypost.com

 

[arfmel]

Stupid is as stupid does.

I wonder if she thought there was a likelihood she would need her sidearm during the procedure.

 

[Rat76]

Tupperware guns are NOT metal free.

Also, there are limits on concealed carry. Into an MRI machine is one.

 

[sfhogman]

Sure does make us gun owners look good...idiot.
BTW, did anyone else notice that the NY Post referred to the MRI as an "imagining" machine? Instead of "imaging", that is. Must be something in the water...

 

[Xrayist]

Having been an X-ray tech for over 35 years, to paraphrase Sam Elliot, if he were talking about the MRI tech, "you have to be some kind of stupid to let t his happen".

 

[trebor44]

Well deserved poetic justice. Darwin wins again! Not enough duck tape in the world to mitigate this!

 

[RoninPA]

When I had my MRI last year around this time, I was asked, NUMEROUS TIMES, if I had ANY metal in, on or near my body before they ever even put me on the table. What the HE## is wrong with these people? I'm sorry, but they deserve exactly what happens to them.

 

[mr.deerstalker]

Probably a blonde...

 

[edm1]

The article will not open on my phone. What caused the weapon to fire? I know MRI machines and metal do not go together, but what caused the firing pin to hit the primer?

 

[eveled]

I was scared going into mine that I might have shrapnel in me somewhere that I didn't know about. Especially my eyes.

No way I would have brought a gun in.

 

[eveled]

The article will not open on my phone. What caused the weapon to fire? I know MRI machines and metal do not go together, but what caused the firing pin to hit the primer?

 

[jimbo1096]

I guess she thought it was exempt because it was a plastic gun to her

 

[Dave P.]

I was scared going into mine that I might have shrapnel in me somewhere that I didn't know about. Especially my eyes.

No way I would have brought a gun in.

I usually get an x-ray to check for metal in the eyes before a MRI, getting my sore shoulder done again
Sunday at 7:30 AM, they like to keep those expensive machines earning their money!

 

[sfhogman]

An ENTIRE HOSPITAL BED was recently sucked into an MRI machine at the Redwood City Kaiser Permanente facility. Fortunately, the patient popped out as the bed was sucked in. Unfortunately, it squished a nurse who was presumably managing the bed...
Ya gotta wonder...

 

[Pál_K]

What do they do for people with tooth fillings (silver, gold) or metal plates that were used to reattach bones?

 

[sfhogman]

Only ferrous metal is affected.

 

[Watertender]

Many years ago I used to service medical equipment. There was a service technician that had a 22 inch Kennedy toolbox get sucked into a MRI machine at one of the hospitals I used to work for. I had a 15 inch adjustable wrench take off into a MRI machine once. It made a heck of a noise as it smashed into the magnet housing....

 

[GRAMPS 51]

Oh man i went for an X ray today and remembered i had 2 shotgun primers in my pocket for my muzzle loader and the thought what would happen if i forgot them but i always empty my pockets the last 2 MRIs i had they make you go thru a body scan for metal first
Gramps

 

[blume357]

years ago the VA wanted to do an MRI on my father... they decided not to after doing an X-ray of his head and discovering a hunk of shrapnel about the size of a quarter in there... I saw the X-ray quite impressive... he remembered getting blown off the tank he was riding on and his head bleeding a little.... them Marines were tough back then.

 

[v35]

She should have been carrying a Glock 7. You know, the one made entirely out of porcelain and costs more than you make in a month?