Spontaneous Discharge of a Firearm in an MR Imaging Environment

[jhood001]

Apparently huge magnets and 1911s don't mix.


http://www.ajronline.org/doi/full/10....178.5.1781092

An incident recently occurred at an outpatient imaging center in western New York State, in which a firearm spontaneously discharged in a 1.5-T MR imaging environment with active shielding. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of such an occurrence. The event confirms previously reported theoretic risks of a firearm discharging in an MR imaging environment [1]. In this report, we examine the incident in detail from the official police and ballistic reports.

[Bailey Guns]

That's pretty wild...and interesting! It gives a new appreciation of how powerful one of those machines can be.

[Irving]

That's why I only use plastic triggers and carbon fiber firing pins.

[thvigil11]

I carry a glock 7. No problems with this sort of thing, and it costs more than what you make in a month!"

[sellersm]

HA! My old stomping grounds (Rochester, NY)... So, the lesson here is to check the metal handgun at the door!! Interesting to know exactly how it fired?

[Great-Kazoo]

HA! My old stomping grounds (Rochester, NY)... So, the lesson here is to check the metal handgun at the door!! Interesting to know exactly how it fired?

Another upstater ?

[sellersm]

Another upstater ?

Don't hold it against me...

[sniper7]

Bunch of invaders around here.

[4runner freak]

A high school friend of mine had a round go off in his trunk when a battery contacted it.
Apparently, he had rounds floating in a pocket of a bag that happened to have a 3.7v battery in, as well.
Nothing like learning the other ways to set off bullets.

[HoneyBadger]

Do a youtube search for videos of people throwing metal things into an MRI. I can't get to youtube right now.