What A Sprat

[Canary42]

After assuring staff he didn't have any metal on him this guy's MRI scan shot him in the belly.

Only in America

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/lawyer-dies-hidden-gun-goes-182941204.html

[ToraToraTora]

Natural selection?

[Fitzer]

It appears to have been in Brazil rather than America?

[Ken4155]

Could've been worse; might have shot his mother or one of the radiologist's team. Small mercies, and all that:-/

[douglas9401]

Not such a big shot anymore. Moronic behaviour, it has to be said.

[sandyRoe]

Brazil is still America.

[Bazile]

Why was he allowed in the MRI room

[douglas9401]

Possibly because they do thing differently in Brazil, Bazile.

He was told to remove all metal, he didn't, the medics can't frisk folk just in case of massive arrogance or mind-boggling stupidity and he's paid the price.

Sandy, Brazil is in the Americas, not America which as the world knows is the USA.

[Canary42]

I failed my GCE Geography ;-)

[TheChair]

"Sandy, Brazil is in the Americas, not America which as the world knows is the USA.”
Oh, Douglas. Said with such confidence, and yet, so wrong. Brazil is in America.

[barry1010]

Would any Brazilian refer to himself as American?

[piggynose]

*GCSE

[naomi24]

No barry, he wouldn’t. Silly argument from TheChair. Douglas had it right the first time.

[piggynose]

Looks like someone was gunning for him!

[roopower]

Rather an extreme case but my son used to work in the MRI unit and a lot of people didn't take the 'no metal' instruction seriously. He used to sit with patients and go through the written guidelines. One chap failed to say he had a pacemaker, another had a small piece of metal in his eye. On a lighter note, a member of staff took in an ordinary wheelchair which shot across the room and stuck to the side of the machine. Luckily noone in it but it cost a great deal of money to close down and sort it out.

[Peter Pedant]

ahuah boys Naomi has given a definitive opinion - anything else will be deleted ( in the best possible taste)

The gun likely discharged as a result of the effect of the magnetic field on the firing pin block. The firing pin block was probably drawn into its uppermost position by force of the magnetic field. The firing pin block has to overcome only light pressure from a relatively small spring to release the firing pin. The pistol was likely drawn into the magnetic field so that the muzzle struck the magnet’s bore first. With the firing pin allowed to move freely in its channel, the force of the impact on the muzzle end was sufficient to cause the firing pin to overcome its spring pressure and move forward to strike the primer of the chambered round. - - This account explains how the weapon discharged when the thumb safety was engaged.

firearm crazies will understand this - but it explains the observation that around 60% of uncocked guns, cock themselves ( go dangerous to us knife-lovers) in the magnetic field

all the men who do this, ( take a firearm into a magnetic field having saiid they dont have one) dont realise having the safety catch on is er not safe

[Peter Pedant]

In england you get around six porters to do this, and they can er do it relatively easily - - - I am surprised one could do it

[Canary42]

Wrong piggy, in my day it was GCE. GCSE came in later.

[Old_Geezer]

Did they discover what the chair was suffering from ?

[naomi24]

PP, don’t be rude.

[andy-hughes]

I guess you have to wonder, who feels he needs a gun for a medical procedure?

Must be a comfort thing I guess, shame the result was loss of life.