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...
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OK, so IF the gun had managed to go off, what would the results have been with the thumb safety in that position?
I 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.
I 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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