On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:01:03 GMT, Gunner wrote:

Sgt. William Benwitz, who runs a
firearms training unit, said it would be too
risky to try firing the weapon because its
molecular structure might have been
altered. ``Until we send this gun back to
the factory, we're not even going to
test-fire it,''

A reasonable precaution, but...

he said in Friday's Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. ``The metal is
more brittle than it should be.''

....but not for that reason. A DC magnetic field (the only
thing present when a scan isn't happening) isn't going to make
anything brittle. Magnetized, sure, but not brittle. I base
this on 12 years in the field (heh...) worth of experience.

Dave Hinz