Posted: 1/19/2007 12:14:35 PM EDT
much for firing pin blocks  Spontaneous Discharge of a Firearm in an MR Imaging Environm Once the officer was inside the MR suite, the gun was pulled from his hand as he attempted to place the gun on top of a cabinet 3 ft (0.9 m) away from the magnet bore. The gun was immediately pulled into the bore, where it struck the left side and spontaneously discharged a round into the wall of the room at the rear of the magnet. Fortunately, no one was injured. Although the gun struck the magnet bore, only minimal cosmetic damage occurred to the magnet itself. The MR unit had full functional capability immediately after the gun discharged. The weapon's thumb safety was reportedly engaged when the gun discharged. 
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What crap? There are 2 types of safety mechanisms at work, and Glock usually fairs the worst by comparison. Somehow I doubt this "experiment" will be performed (intentionally). |
This doesn't matter at all. A glock or anything else is moot. You should NEVER carry a firearm into an MRI. I thought that this was in fact common knowledge...maybe I'm wrong but I've always known this. ...and the officer should have known better. |
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In that magnetic field, all bets are off. There's no way to predict what's going to be safe, other than to not bring a firearm (or anything ferromagnetic) into the scanner. A few years ago, a kid was killed in an MRI scanner when a well-meaning individual brought an oxygen tank into the room. Unfortunately, it was not MRI compatible, went flying into the bore and hit the kid's head killing him. The cop probably should have known better, but if you're not around MRIs very often, you don't necessarily realize what you need to do. |
Yup, they're still there so I can't have a MRI Damn skippy |
I'm pretty sure you weren't standing guard in the MRI room when the magnetic field was on. That would be a pretty stiff holster retention test 
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