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Why would you try to sneak a gun into any medical test area? Even if you didn't know an mri will fuck with a gun, what is the motivation to try to sneak a gun into a medical test room?
Cowardice. People that think they need a gun on them at all times are paranoid cowards... Which also makes them the last people who should be able to own a gun.
People shouldn't have guns. Simple as that.
Who the hell decided allowing every civilian a fully functional firearm is a good idea
Gun Manufacturers
People who were aware of Protestants being murdered by the King of England. People who were aware of the Salem Witch Trials. People who have seen over and over again the natural tendency of power to collect in fewer and fewer hands until there's a revolution and a bunch of bloodshed.
People who understood that power is best kept distributed. People who understood that small groups of citizens needed to have some real kind of threat against tyrannical government actors.
That doesn't mean you need to allow every psychopath have a gun, especially the ones who talk about murdering their peers or are known to torture and kill animals.
I believe well regulated militias are still relevant to this day.
Does it really work in US?
Do Americans actually enjoy healthy democracy? Do they have a say against tyrannical policies, police violence?
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Look fella, if you drink too much coolaid you'll get diabetes.
People who need guns in order to feel safe live in a shithole.
Responsable *cowards ftfy
And these responsible gun owners need their emotional support weapons because?
Because they might be part of LGBTQIA+ and have a very real threat against them for example.
Arguing against guns is a very priviliged stance. Of course you don't feel like you need guns if you are not part of a minority group.
But then we wouldn't have these funny memes!
Routinely carrying a concealed handgun can create considerable difficulties when a person unexpectedly ends up somewhere they can't do so. Leaving it in a car is a significant risk for theft (and stolen guns get used for bad things). Leaving it with medical staff isn't great. Leaving it unattended outside an exam room presents obvious dangers to anyone who might happen upon it.
It's hard to find yourself in an MRI room without adequate warning that anything magnetic will become a projectile though. I think most places give the patient both written and verbal warnings, and the article here says this patient was warned about metal and specifically about guns.
They literally give you a locker when you go in for an MRI because you have to spend so long naked. This was never a problem for her. She's just stupid.
Facilities vary. I didnt have secure storage when I got an MRI, but I didnt bring a gun or anything else unreasonable to leave unattended.
The question wasn't whether she's stupid (clearly she is), but why someone would bring a gun into a medical exam.
Interesting, I don’t remember a locker either, but it was just my phone and keys, because I’m not an idiot
"Freedom".
amurica at it's finest
Yeah, we're not proud. (Those of us that are reasonable.)
But the MRI confiscated my gunz! What part of, "shall not be infringed" does it not understand?!
Freedumb!
To own the libs, duh
Is this different in the states? In Germany every time I had to enter one of those I had to put away every single metallic item on me, including piercings and shit. They warn you very thoroughly that you cannot bring metal objects with you because of the high magnetic forces of the machine.
They don't do that in the States. Well, at least half of them.
That's just not true. They absolutely do tell you not to take anything metal with you. So this woman clearly ignored those warnings.
You can't tell me that in the land of lawsuits doctors wouldn't tell you not to take metal objects into an MRI
"Ah don't have no metal! Ah jurst got mah phone, mah coins, mah keys and mah gurn!"
Ive only done it once, but I also thought they could have stressed this way more, and probably ought to be graphic about the results, to catch these dumb fucks. However, they also waved a metal detector over me. Shouldn’t that catch things like guns? Is this common practice, or do I just look like an idiot?
This statement is categorically false. I have had quite a few MRIs over several decades (knee bullshit), and every single time I have gone in, the staff is crystal clear about the fact that you do not bring in anything metallic, full stop, no exceptions, because it can potentially kill you if it gets pulled forcefully in the wrong direction.
Anyone working at an MRI facility who ignores the rules around magnetic objects is going to definitely destroy equipment and perhaps maim or kill people, and is thus a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Had an MRI a couple of weeks ago. Wore my own clothes. Tech did say I should lower my trousers to my knees when I pointed out that there was a fly zip, but didn’t seem too bothered.
Zips are brass alloy and non-magnetic
I’d never considered what they were made of. Live and learn.
I've done MRI 3 times. Wore my own clothes all three times.
I had a head MRI a few weeks ago. They didn't make me take off my clothes, they just triple checked I had nothing metal on me or inside me by asking me several times.
There don't need to be additional details. She snuck a gun into the MRI room and found out why you shouldn't do that.
She fucked around, then she found out.