Charlie StrossFeb 10, 2023

Lawyer dies after his hidden gun goes off during MRI scan

Leandro Mathias de Novaes’ gun went off due to magnetic field in the MRI scanning room:

It's a superconducting electromagnet, mate. The metal detectors on the door aren't there for your explodey penis substitute, they're there because ferrous metals go ZOOOOM if they get too close to the high-Tesla field!

It's like the dipshit ignored the pre-MRI fact sheet/briefing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-lawyer-death-mri-gun-b2279514.html

Lawyer dies after his hidden gun goes off during MRI scan in Brazil

Leandro Mathias de Novaes’ gun went off due to magnetic field in the MRI scanning room

The Independent
Show threadkwhFeb 10, 2023
@cstross not just a fact sheet, they usually have you leave all your stuff in a locker and ask you about 37 times if you have even a fragment of metal in or on your body… and who the fuck did he think was going to mug him while he was in the MRI, they immobilize you and you’re in a room with a blast proof door
Show threadJdeBPFeb 10, 2023

@kwh561 @cstross

He wasn't the one going in the machine. His mother was.

Reading the Brazilian news reports on this, it seems clear that he was one of those who advocate bearing firearms _everywhere_ that it isn't expressly forbidden by law. And of course a pamphlet from a medical laboratory is not a law.

So it's not "like" he ignored the paperwork. He _did_ ignore the paperwork, per the Brazilian news, holding legality in higher regard than #physics.

#FirearmsSafety

Show threadKinene⭐🐻

@JdeBP @kwh561 @cstross In the real world, when religion, dogma, or ideology go up against physics, physics always wins.

Those it defeats must suffer the consequences; which are usually followed with a posthumous Darwin Award. 🏆

Feb 10, 2023 at 6:49pmWeb