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 reportsI saw this over at SayUncle a few days ago and I just now remembered it.
Yeah, I guess, but I'd still like to see the results duplicated on Mythbusters before I totally buy into it. I mean, it's not like we haven't seen "Only Ones" and negligent discharges before...again and again and again...
I guess the way you submit stuff for testing is to join their message boards--no time here, but someone else feel free. Tell me you wouldn't watch that show...
OK, so IF the gun had managed to go off, what would the results have been with the thumb safety in that position?
ReplyDeleteI suppose it COULD be possible for it to happen through some series of coincidences, damaged parts, but somehow doubt it.
That's why I 'd like to see it duplicated.
ReplyDeleteI went over to their forums and had to register to post the link to the study--so far, it's not appeared.
The M1991A1 that dicharged in the MRI has a firing pin block in addition to all the other safeties. There is no rational explination to how it went off with the information given in the original report.
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