# Massacre Possibly Avoided At University Of Central Florida?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-possibly-avoided-at-university-of-central-florida/653349 "2013-03-19T13:51:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-possibly-avoided-at-university-of-central-florida/653349/1 "2013-03-19T13:51:47Z")

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[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21839198](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21839198)

No threads on this yet? James Seevakumaran seems to have planned to use the fire alarm to lure students outside to shoot them, but killed himself instead.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-possibly-avoided-at-university-of-central-florida/653349/2 "2013-03-19T16:25:21Z")

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Another tragedy prevented because someone had a gun.

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-possibly-avoided-at-university-of-central-florida/653349/3 "2013-03-19T19:02:36Z")

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Finally a murder/suicide asshole who got the order correct.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-possibly-avoided-at-university-of-central-florida/653349/4 "2013-03-20T04:42:49Z")

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Good for him! That is a perfectly logical way to deal with a compulsion to commit mass murder. Someone needs to produce a PSA promoting this.