Woman Enters MRI Machine With a Gun, Gets Shot in Butt
Woman Enters MRI Machine With a Gun, Gets Shot in Butt
The 57-year-old woman denied having any firearms before entering the MRI, according to an adverse event report filed to the FDA.
I can see the thinking that lead to this. But in my mind, it boils down to one bad decision after other, concealing the firearm because each step forward carries worse consequences. It's basically the clown-makeup meme:
- Carry gun around because that's what I always do.
- Walk into hospital - whoops, I'll just keep it concealed so I don't get in trouble. Can't hand it over to someone either, or leave it in my car; that's a felony.
- Check in for appointment - can't back out now, it took forever to get this appointment and there's a penalty for a no-show.
- Change clothes for MRI - can't leave my gun lying around, that's also a no-no and someone could get hurt. I'll just tuck it... somewhere.
- Walk into MRI exam room - had to say "no" about metal on my person. These medical people are overly careful anyways.
- Actively getting an MRI - what's the worst that could happen?
Do we need airport-style backscatter x-rays prior to MRI procedures now? In hindsight, it seems like cheap insurance.
As she was about to enter the machine, the gun was attracted to the powerful magnet inside it and fired off a single round into and through her right buttock. Luckily, the bullet barely penetrated her skin and the doctor on site described her entry and exit wounds as “very small and superficial.”
There is no way the MRI wasn't damaged. Other hospital go'ers will be footing that bill. She should be garneshed wages for the rest of her life until those repairs are paid.
"Lucky" would be the bullet being lodged in her body, doing no further damage except to her idiot self so she would learn her lesson without impacting others.
Oh no! Is the MRI machine okay? The article doesn't say anything about it.
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Gotta be strapped at all times. Liberal doc might give her a covid booster.
you're supposed to swap to your attack dog and wooden baseball bat loadout when you enter an MRI room, dipshit
"I knew I couldn't trust that damn MRI!"
With all of the police at any given hospital, it's interesting that this woman wasn't arrested and charged. Discharging a concealed handgun in a hospital? Just American things!
Also, I love how she lied about having a gun, apparently not understanding that they're about to walk into the most dangerous place on Earth to possess metal. Remember the buttplug MRI story? Like, these damn libruls are going to take my gun away if I tell them about it!
Directly from the wiki entry=
MRI was originally called NMRI (nuclear magnetic resonance imaging), but "nuclear" was dropped to avoid negative associations.[2] Certain atomic nuclei are able to absorb radio frequency (RF) energy when placed in an external magnetic field; the resultant evolving spin polarization can induce a RF signal in a radio frequency coil and thereby be detected.[3] In clinical and research MRI, hydrogen atoms are most often used to generate a macroscopic polarization that is detected by antennas close to the subject being examined.[3] Hydrogen atoms are naturally abundant in humans and other biological organisms, particularly in water and fat. For this reason, most MRI scans essentially map the location of water and fat in the body. Pulses of radio waves excite the nuclear spin energy transition, and magnetic field gradients localize the polarization in space. By varying the parameters of the pulse sequence, different contrasts may be generated between tissues based on the relaxation properties of the hydrogen atoms therein.
Fucking incredible.
The only thing that can stop a bad MRI with a gun is a good MRI with a gun.
Looks like a bad porn plot.
Even the MRI machines in America are armed
you can't take away muh gunz
Only in america.
This article mentions a much more interesting (imo) situation:
Reminds me of The One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-NppFUWG9k&t=2m0s“Be sure to not have any metal objects”
“Okay, just have my handgun”Anyone remember the “anal rail gun” from earlier this year? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mri-butt-plug-injuries/
On the bright side, she prevented an attack by a gunman in the MRI.
/s
Saw a similar case this year here in Brazil, earlier in february. A pro-gun lawyer was accompanying his mother on a MRI. Once the thing started, his gun, a 9mm pistol, was sucked and shot once it got stuck on the MRI, hitting the man in the belly. He died 21 days later.
I'm guessing she was there to get an MRI because there was something wrong with her brain.
There are one or two entries on the wikipedia list of unusual deaths like that.
But is the MRI machine OK?
I'm so tired of these news. The MRI has the right to self-defense!