# School shooting averted in Philly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508 "2014-05-28T22:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508/1 "2014-05-28T22:06:30Z")
> **[Student Pulls Gun Out in Class, Forcing Evacuation and Shelter in Place at...](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/gun-weapon-philadelphia-community-college/94717/)** > > Police have picked up the student accused of pulling a gun on a classmate at the Community College of Philadelphia. A 23yo pulled a gun on a fellow student in Chemistry class, over being ratted-out to security. Suspect escaped campus without firing, and was later arrested at his apartment. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508/2 "2014-05-28T23:51:21Z")
This happened in a community college–most of us use “school” in reference to K-12. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508/3 "2014-05-29T01:34:58Z")
While we’re being pedantic, the term literally means shooting at a school, but more figuratively implies a massacre, not a guy getting pissed off and doing a second-degree, heat of the moment type thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508/4 "2014-05-30T04:13:33Z")
…& it wasn’t exactly averted. The alleged gunman either pulled out his gun or showed it to the other student, then put it away & left. If he intended to shoot, he changed his mind. More than likely, though, he was playing tough & macho (& stupid, especially stupid - it’s not like when you’re a student in a class they don’t know who you are or your address). He’s out on $250m bail. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508/5 "2014-05-30T17:11:40Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This happened in a community college… Those guys are such slackers! ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508/6 "2014-05-30T17:23:44Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This happened in a community college … i thought they preferred paintball. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-averted-in-philly/689508/7 "2014-05-30T19:43:29Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > He’s out on $250m bail. That’s quite some bail for the crime of attempted machismo.