Sounds like a MRI machine could work as some decent home defense.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
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Rod Farva level of stupid.
The judge that signed off on this warrant needs to be held accountable. Tinted office windows and some guy saying he smelled something should not be enough for a warrant.
You mean you want them to read things before signing?
That's going to require them doing their jobs. They're not going to be happy about that!
They might miss a round of golf, that would be a terrible injustice.
Two thousand liters of helium gas were allegedly released as a result of the rifle striking the machine.
No not really. It was release as a result of the same idiot who brought his rifle into the room later pressing the emergency shutdown, thereby quenching the magnet and dumping the helium. What a dumb fuck.
comrade magnetism
If you fired a gun past an MRI machine, could it conceivably catch the bullets? I am currently assuming that significant deflection is absolutely possible with such a powerful magnet.
Bullets are seldom made of iron though; they're usually lead sometimes jacketed with copper, so they're not magnetic. Conductive, but not magnetic.
Traveling through that strong of a magnetic field, that would definitely generate eddy currents. Like dropping a magnet down a brass plate causes it to move very slowly because the magnetic field moving induces current in the plate and the current creates a counter magnetic field. My instinct is that it would just slow it down, But that MRI is spinning magnets. Maybe it just slows down a little and is it noticeable, maybe it spins it while it's slowing it down and amplifies the minute drop due to gravity. Too bad MythBusters are gone. There's not many people out there funded well enough to test shooting bullets through an MRI machine.
Bullet time, baby.
Wait if the bullet is generating Eddy current can we get electric bullets by shooting bullets through an MRI like shooting an arrow through fire to get a flaming arrow.
The bullet would not be generating an eddy current.
The eddy currents are induced in the bullet by the magnetic fields as it passes through.
It’s like a generator’s coil that doesn’t have anything attached to it. Because there’s nowhere for it to go, the eddy currents just dissipate when it leaves the magnetic field.
What if I filled the room with lightning?
It would be super cool
One LAPD officer, "dangling a rifle in his right hand, with an unsecured strap, approached the MRI Office" and glanced at the large warning sign on the door that read: 'Warning. Magnetic Field. High Frequency Yield. Metal Parts and Medical Instruments of All Types prohibited.'" He then walked into the MRI Office, according to the lawsuit.
If only those good ole boys and gals could read
Another bullshit passive-voice headline. Written implying the fault was not with the LAPD.
"LAPD officers destroy MRI machine in bungled pot raid"
Journalists have avoid committing libel.
In an active-voice headline they would need to add a word like “allegedly” or “reportedly”, which they could have done.
If they report a claim that someone committed a crime and the person is found to not have actually done so, that’s grounds for a libel lawsuit.
So reporting on alleged crimes is done carefully.
Doesn't make it any less bullshit, just shows how fucked USA press is.
Lose your rifle, lose your job. Simple as.
Zero tolerance is never good. But this example of stupidity should have at least lose the officer his gun privilege and relegate him to a desk job.
Can we just stop prosecuting people for having weed, which is a harmless plant.
Especially since it's legal in California. Like, c'mon guys, what the hell are y'all doin'?! What's Michael Jordan saying "Just stop it" when you need him.
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