Posted on 02/09/2023 2:23:07 PM PST by grundle
A Brazilian lawyer tragically died after his gun was discharged by an MRI machine’s magnetic field at the hospital.
The freak accident occurred on January 16 while the gun-loving lawyer, named Leandro Mathias de Novaes, was taking his mother to get scanned at the Laboratorio Cura in São Paulo, Jam Press reported. Unbeknownst to hospital staff, the attorney had a registered firearm in his possession.
Staff had reportedly asked the pair to remove all metal objects before entering the MRI room, as is protocol at hospitals due to the device’s powerful magnetic field. However, Novaes decided to go in sans announcing his concealed weapon.
Disaster struck after the machine yanked the weapon from his waistband, causing it to go off and strike the lawyer in the stomach. He was subsequently rushed to the São Luiz Morumbi Hospital, where he hung on for weeks, before eventually succumbing to his injuries on February 6.
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Shoot… I was a Ol’ Gunner, I was a Range Master and I did cuss. Might have been yours truly.
Seems like running an airport metal detecting wand over anyone in the room before spinning up the machine might be a prudent safety protocol.
This is how bad it should hurt when you are really stupid.
In my experience all the good one's do. Sort of half funny so you listen, but threatening enough that you say "uh self, pay attention because you don't want to find out what happens if you cross the guy." I once watched a fellow officer try to complain to the CO about lack of respect shown by the Range Master one day. It did not quite work out like he hoped. I think he got to spend a Saturday getting extra instruction on range safety protocols.
Comm-bloc stuff being an exception. Steel cases and/or steel jacketed bullets.
Me too.
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