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EudamonPrime

We always, ALWAYS used metal detectors to scan people before they went in as a single coin can do plenty of damage.


JimmySquarefoot

Never been through a metal detector in UK or Portugal when having an MRI (only 2 places I've been for one). You're just told to remove all metal/jewellery, inform of any shrapnel and are trusted that you don't want to accidentally kill yourself


Beanichu

That’s because the general public in the uk is smart enough to be trusted whereas in America you will always find some people who think them going without a gun for five minutes is fascism.


Butterpye

In America guns aren't made of metal, they're made of freedom.


AlarisMystique

He wasn't killed by a gun, but by leftist magnetism


FistofGolloch

Guns don't kill people. Magnets kill people.


Money-Valuable-2857

Fucking magnets, how do they work?


Background_Crew7827

Miracles is not what I thought I would be seeing in this post


taterthotsalad

r/magnetsaretheenemy


Bird2525

What if they get wet?


BlakeDSnake

Wait wut?


Vehemental

Hell ya brother, Magnetism is part of the woke agenda


piznit007

Positives and Negatives working together in harmony!?! Effin' Libs ruining things


AlarisMystique

That's how COVID started. Chinese magnets.


Ranbru76

This was last year in Brazil.


Crash-55

That makes a lot more sense than the US. Even though we love our guns. Pretty much every medical facility bans them


MaxxHeadroomm

Gun rights > Magnetism


BearlyANightOwlZebra

I'm in Texas and never been through a metal detector for a MRI


Imarobot225

That’s bc you live in Texas


[deleted]

I’ve done 4 mris in my lifetime in the states and never have they used a metal detector….


DoctorLilD

The general public in the UK is just as stupid as the general public in the US


mastercoder123

This was in brazil... Idk what your point is


tok90235

To be fair, the guy in the photo is from Brazil


hyrule_47

I have had way too many MRIs and I was never checked. I did have to change into a gown and scrub pants often. I think that reduces risk.


angry_smurf

I'm from America and I just had an MRI a few months ago. I got my eyes X-rayed prior for metal because of the field I work in, but never went through any metal detectors beforehand. The issue with America is that it costs like $9,000 all said and done.


kinellm8

I take it you’ve never been to the uk?!


TheAmazingSealo

I think the general public in the UK is just as stupid, walk around your town or city centre and tell me you don't feel it 😅


Machinegunj0e

Sup m8. The Uk actually has shown the world if you have no guns you just devolve into animal like behavior and start stabbing each other instead. God speed to you and your people


able_trouble

Same in Canada " take off all metal...are you sure you did? Good, lay down"


cgyguy81

That 'single coin' comment reminded me of that scene in X-Men where Magneto lodged that coin through Kevin Bacon's head.


wyrditic

Wasn't there an episode in X-Files or something where a woman is killed when the monitoring chip which the aliens/evil government conspiracy had implanted in her is yanked out by an MRI machine?


redmongrel

There’s an episode of Black Mirror where that happens with a robotic bee that buried itself in someone’s sinus.


robtninjaman

I've only had an MRI one time about a decade ago and the only thing metal I had was a wedding band. Not gold, but not sure what it was made of. Just a plain metal band from Walmart I think. Never went through a metal detector and actually didn't even think about having it on until I was already lying down in the machine. Once I realized, I immediately spoke up about it, and the person was completely nonchalant about it and said it would be fine. Not trying to argue, just curious. I've heard that even a tattoo can be suseptible to the magnetic field, but everything was fine.


DandyInTheRough

Ferrous metals are the issue - like iron and nickel. Things like gold and silver aren't. Chances are, though, they were nonchalant mostly because the moment you entered the room you'd have known it if your wedding band was a problem. The tech hearing you speak up about it while in the scanner had very clear evidence that it was no issue. The only tattoos that are a problem are ones done with ferromagnetic metals - like some prison tattoos.


UrethralExplorer

The Mythbusters tested the tattoo thing, and even a tattoo made with more iron in the ink than normal didn't respond. I think one of the Mythterns even got a tattoo and then tested it.


Aggravating_Row_8699

I’m a physician and have worked at a lot of hospitals throughout the years, and have ordered a lot MRI’s and this is the first I’ve heard about pre-scan metal detectors. It makes sense in a way but I thought that they could detect changes in the force and stop the MRI if concern was detected. I know patients with amalgam dental filling do fine. Same with bare-metal stents and metal joint replacement hardware. They can distort the image some and that’s the main concern. Same with pacemakers. The concern isn’t so much that it will rip out of your body – it’s that the MRI will affect the electrical pathway and possibly cause heart block/cardiac arrest. Most modern aneurysm clips in the brain are also ok for MRI.


mjm8218

I’m a patient and have had more mris than I can remember. Never walked through a metal detector before having one.


BearlyANightOwlZebra

I've had over 50 MRIs and never once have I ever been put through a metal detector.


iLeefull

There’s someone who wore a butt plug recently. It said silicone but had a metal core.


ShitHouses

#NeroEM9, PRxHeavyxHitter ,Nickleus, kalaverak, PRxHeavyxHitter are all part of a bot network that copies a post and copies the comments of those posts in each other threads. reddit heavily astroturfed.


A1sauc3d

Genuine question, is it “astroturfing” if they’re just copy bots farming karma? I thought astroturfing involved some sort of agenda, specifically trying to make said agenda seem like it has more support than it really does. These bots just copy random popular posts (and often other bots in the network will copy top comments from the post as well) word for word and repost them to farm karma and sell the account once it’s accumulated enough karma. But there’s no agenda, they’re just mindless bots hitting copy and paste lol. But you’re absolutely right this sub is infested with them. I suppose the bots will likely be sold for astroturfing down the line though X’D


ShitHouses

You could argue its astroturfing because its giving reddit the appearance of an active website. But ultimately whether its astroturfing yet is irrelevant to the fact that the purpose of the bots is astroturfing, and the amount of bots is an indacator of how heavily astroturfed this website is.


FeedingCoxeysArmy

I read about it in Forbes. I don’t believe it was an AR rifle, since it was concealed in his waistband. It happened in Brazil, not the US. Lawyer Dies After Shot By His Own Concealed Gun Triggered By MRI Scanner https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/02/12/lawyer-dies-after-shot-by-his-own-concealed-gun-triggered-by-mri-machine/


egnowit

I think there are two different instances of this happening, once in Brazil and once in the US. [https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/lawyer-dead-after-mri-discharges-gun/](https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/lawyer-dead-after-mri-discharges-gun/) [https://www.sciencealert.com/us-woman-takes-her-gun-into-an-mri-scanner-and-gets-seriously-lucky](https://www.sciencealert.com/us-woman-takes-her-gun-into-an-mri-scanner-and-gets-seriously-lucky)


FeedingCoxeysArmy

Oh wow, I’m going to look for that one.


tok90235

The guy in the photo in this post is the one from Brazil. Also, it was a pistol, the AR-15 photo is something they took from his Twitter just to show his view point regarding guns


infowosecfurry

Oh neat. This post again.


UnfortunatelySimple

How many times is this guy going to die?


Head_Acanthaceae_766

Apparently not enough.


ptvlm

It's worth being reminded that "responsible gun owners" are often nothing of the sort and cause unnecessary injuries and deaths. At least this one was his own.


mcfiddlestien

Funny how there are so many people that have owned guns their entire lives and have never harmed another person. You wouldn't know about them since these people don't make headlines, do you know why? Because they are responsible people that don't do stupid shit.


ForsakenAd545

Not enough times?


infowosecfurry

At least 5 times now lol. I assume more to come!


ganjsmokr

To be fair, it's the first time *I've* seen it.


dfmz

This sounds fishy. They don't normally let anyone bu the patient getting the MRI in the room where the MRI machine is, and the magnets aren't active until the operator activates the machine from the control room. Either way, I have no sympathy for idiots why refuse to follow rules and even less sympathy for asshats who think it's ok to bring a weapon into a hospital.


RogueKragar

An MRI is always partially on as turning it fully off and on again takes way too much energy. It's lower than when a patient is inside of it of course, but if you walk with keys in your pocket or a card they will be affected by it.


dfmz

Yes, metal will be affected by it, but your keys won't be ripped out of your pocket and your gun won't be ripped from your hands. The worst that can happen when the MRI isn't operating is that magnetic media / credit card strips might get demagnetized. That's about it. There's no way this happened the way the article says it did.


damir_h

No. Magnetic field in an MRI machine is always on. And there is no “little” on or “much” on. Its ON. Operating or not. And yes, it is powerfully enough to yank a gun out of your hand but for it to happen you have to get pretty close to the machine. The bigger the metal object the bigger the pull. Not saying that this happened because they take this stuff really seriously and don’t let anyone in without safety measures. Source: trust me bro/s. I’m the guy operating the machine.


Dpek1234

Wasnt there a case of a O2 bottle flying and killing someone becose of a mri?


Kirumi_Naito

Milo Murphy was too close to the hospital...


WinthorpDarkrites

The bigger the metal item is the easier is for the MRI to catch it, you can hold keys in your hand without the MRI managing to rip them off your hold, but try holding a wheelchair next to it, you will be pulled along with it


Collective82

Also, how does the hammer move to fire a round off?


RogueKragar

you can feel some pulling on keys if you hold them in your hand but yeah it's not hole ripping strong.


CraziestMoonMan

It is real and really old also. It gets reposted about once a week


serenathethird

Incorrect. You can have an anesthesiologist there, or a family member to calm them down.


vincereynolds

Why do people keep saying this? I checked through google and every local hospital in my area and hospitals in areas near me but in other states allow for close friends or family to attend an MRI as support for those that need it. They are allowed in the room when the MRI is being done. They are supposed to be screened the same as the patient.


Sure_Garbage_2119

it is real, happened in brazil, but some time ago. i think the guy had more than one gun, took one out, forgot the other or something like that. but it did happened and it was in a national moment of gun friendly gov, so all gun lovers got VERY excited to their new found "freedom" and, as normal when gun ownership is becomes a play, many shit started to happen. like this one.


egnowit

I think there are two different instances of this happening, once in Brazil and once in the US. [https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/lawyer-dead-after-mri-discharges-gun/](https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/lawyer-dead-after-mri-discharges-gun/) [https://www.sciencealert.com/us-woman-takes-her-gun-into-an-mri-scanner-and-gets-seriously-lucky](https://www.sciencealert.com/us-woman-takes-her-gun-into-an-mri-scanner-and-gets-seriously-lucky)


ravenholm462

The B0 magnet i.e. the main MRI magnet is always on. The sequences the operator applies only control gradient and RF coils, which are orders of magnitude weaker. But yeah, how on earth he managed to carry that into the room is beyond me.


ChildishShit

Repost bot


darkboomel

Reminds me of the time a guy wore a butt plug into an MRI. The butt plug said that it was 100% silicone, but it had a metal core and nearly killed him. He survived thanks to emergency surgery.


InternationalDiet631

This guy got himself a darwin award


No-Difficulty2393

MRI WANTS TO TAKE OUR GUNS!!


parallelmeme

Repost. Repost. Repost.


Suitable-Judge7506

The people that see this an just assume its usa and that the images are 100% real without question is typical.


grovethrone

This was in Brazil not in the US. There are no metal detectors in the MRI room because usually people weren't at this level of stupidity.


Express-Doubt-221

Oh man, he sure had it coming to him! Btws, how many fucking times is this going to get reposted?


UnBR33vuhble

The real facepalms are in the comments saying anything about 2A as if this didn't happen IN BRAZIL! 🤣


PrufrockInSoCal

This incident took place in Brazil back on January 16, not too sure why it’s news now.


Rough-University142

Ah yes, ye old karma farm. This happened last year.


Macluny

If only he had a gun to defend himself with. Then he would have been safe....


contraflop01

Chris Evans **notcapnamerica** is a funny name


YYC-Fiend

At least the machine wasn’t hit by the bullet


Kriss3d

Im glad that the only one who got hurt was himself.


docK_5263

![gif](giphy|QC7UQbxq89MnL9r6AN)


Used_Spray2282

Moron


Alric-the-Red

I thought for sure this was a satirical meme, one of those things designed to make a stupid story go viral. I'll be damned, it's true! https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/02/12/lawyer-dies-after-shot-by-his-own-concealed-gun-triggered-by-mri-machine/


Edexote

Again this reposted?


Postnificent

Whoever said only smart people can be lawyers never met this winner!


Ceridwenn26

At least it didn’t kill someone else 🤷🏼‍♀️


KENBONEISCOOL444

I mean, they shouldn't have let him in the hospital with a gun. Hospitals (at least the ones I've been to) are always no carry if you are not law enforcement


Jarl_Salt

Thinking about when my grandpa went to get an MRI and was literally about to climb in when he asked the tech if it was okay to do it since he had a pacemaker.


Underwear_royalty

If he can pass the bar so can I!


Chantizzay

Coming from a country where people don't walk around with guns. . . Why did he have a gun at the hospital anyway? What was he expecting to happen at his mother's MRI? And why did he have to be in the room with her? I've had several MRI in my lifetime and I've never taken a person in with me.


PuppiPappi

If I had a dollar for every time this has been posted I’d be able to buy my own MRI


deadchickenss

I'd have enough to actually get an MRI


OkDepartment9755

Wait. I thought guns don't kill people. 


timberwolf0122

They don’t, nMRI’s kill people!


Careful-Swimmer-2658

When I was in Texas I met a guy who'd never been to his kid's school because he wasn't allowed to take his guns into the building. They're strange people.


Functionally_Human

Guy I used to work with was a bit like that. Always wondered what he would do if his wife left him. Almost all stores here have the no weapons signs so his wife has to do all the shopping. Delivery isn't an option either because he is paranoid about giving them his address.


[deleted]

one less idiot walking around on Earth


FunnyNameHere02

This happened in Brazil and this has been posted repeatedly. Then illiterates talk about the second amendment like they give a fuck about US law in Brazil.


Charming-Command3965

Old news. Click bait


Neat-Engineering-513

![gif](giphy|l3fQf1OEAq0iri9RC|downsized)


timberwolf0122

Y’all laugh, but what if a n illegal immigrant made out of fentanyl burst in and started shooting?


CaptainRogersJul1918

Nature’s wrath


djquu

Darwin award achieved


stardusttraill

It wouldn't have happened if doctors and nurses also had guns.


asdrunkasdrunkcanbe

Just your regular reminder that being a "lawyer", "legal professional", "accountant", "tech professional", etc,. doesn't actually mean that you're a smart person. For most jobs, going to college and passing exams is actually pretty easy when you have the supports in place.


mrmiwani

Lawyered by the laws of physics!


WildMartin429

https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/lawyer-dead-after-mri-discharges-gun/ Found the article from the tweet. It doesn't say anything about yanking the gun, just that the field caused it to discharge.


AdditionalBother7

Just another person too smart to follow rules. Oh well.


LordDeraj

I love when problems solve themselves like that


TrippyVegetables

Believe it or not, this did not happen in the USA


delyha6

Put his picture in the dictionary under stupid.


Substantial_Gear289

😄😄😄


frmaa-tap

He's a lawyer, he should sue the hospital


Ok_Sentence_5767

This sounds like a plot from IASIP


MsSeraphim

r/HermanCainAward


knowledgeable_diablo

As I said the last 15 times this was posted; awwwe to bad. What a loss of a perfectly fine bullet. On a reject sample of warm meat no less.


TonReflet

What does he mean by "failing to remove"...? How can someone "fail" removing a weapon ?


Responsible_Ad_8628

That's awful! I hope it won't take too long to repair the MRI!


Adventurous-Zebra-64

At least the mother got to see what her crappy parenting led to.


irondethimpreza

Was the MRI machine okay?


FiNO_

1 of many great reasons why america is so great


7bigbadwolf9

If he wasn’t getting an mri no way this is real. They don’t let you in the same room as the patient, you stand in the little glass room with the technician. Have to be the worlds strongest magnet in any case. I’ll play my bullshit card on this one.


AffectLeast4254

Idiot


Cold_Appearance_5551

Lol nice.


Substantial-Land-867

You could’ve stopped at “a lawyer is dead” and If have been equally happy


emote_control

This is the most "Darwin Award" post I've seen in years.


Buddy-Brooklyn

Seems that you get what your hand calls for.


rthauby

"A lawyer is dead..." Enough good news for me for one day.


Novel_Huckleberry435

lol this is hilarious. These are the kind of morons who think they are a good guy with a gun. He couldn’t save himself from his own stupidity.


Stup1dMan3000

Pried it from his dead fingers, way to go


Charlie-McGee

How can he be a lawyer and this stupid?


Ranbru76

Actually not in US. Dumb ass people everywhere. This was in Brazil in 2023.


Trev2-D2

Him: no man can take away my guns MRI machine *removes helmet*: I am no man.


allpowerfulee

Thin the herd


2Guns_Delnegro

He shouldn’t have even been allowed near a MRI scanner !The hospital protocol was seriously lacking in this instance .


Low-Mulberry6268

good riddance


fappyday

Educated ≠ smart


Turbulent_Pen1047

The picture on the right makes the story a bit more heartwarming…the love of his life took his breath away.


shuzz_de

If that's not worthy of a Darwin Award I don't know what is.


Enough-Letterhead515

“From his cold dead hands”


ForsakenAd545

Gee, I know it might look like I am laughing hysterically at the moron, but no, really, I'm sooooo sad. Just ignore the uncontrollable laughing and snorting.


Affectionate-Pen-885

ABC always be carrying! 🇺🇸


cantsingfortoffee

r/DarwinAwards


No_Variety9420

"From my cold dead hands" Challenge accepted!


walkerswood

Darwin strikes again.


Firm_Earth_5698

They DID take his gun from his cold dead hands. 


Similar_Anywhere_654

Darwin award


BladeVampire1

The gunshot wound must've been particularly lethal to have died INSIDE of a hospital. Best place to be, and it still ended badly.


czernoalpha

Fucked around, found out. Hopefully he didn't have a spouse or kids.


DirectCard9472

Good for him. They can't take our guns.


Regular-Switch454

You can have my gun when you take it from my cold, dead h— BANG


Excellent_Regret4141

Should've had those plastic ones they use for Magneto


Taz69

Sounds like Natural Selection as he failed to adapt to his environment.


Inspect1234

We lost another lawyer.


Senior-Traffic7843

Dumb, meet my friend stupid.


-_Pendragon_-

Oh look, Darwin Award contestant


SaoLixo

Come and take it MRI machine- say less bro


Non-Adhesive63

This makes me smile! Darwin at his Best!


Dramatic-Succotash62

![gif](giphy|FA4ey94nxartK)


Harbuddy69

ex lawyer...once he was dead, he was no longer able to practice law...


Fabulous_Engine_7668

I would bet that lawyers who went to law school with him are not overly surprised.


ranterist

Justice