FARK.com: (7608996) MIT advising people to "shelter in place" after reports of a person with a long rifle and body armor on campus (UPDATE: report "unfounded")

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		MIT advising people to "shelter in place" after reports of a person with a long rifle and body armor on campus (UPDATE: report "unfounded") (emergency.mit.net)		291
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potterydove		2013-02-23 10:14:40 AM

This is why people try to take away our nice things.

DoctorCal		2013-02-23 10:14:41 AM

chaching

lilplatinum		2013-02-23 10:14:53 AM

If only nerds carried guns like responsible adults this wouldn't be an issue.

Hugo Zorilla		2013-02-23 10:15:06 AM

Sheldon finally pushed Howard over the edge...

Kyro		2013-02-23 10:15:19 AM

irgunner		2013-02-23 10:15:25 AM

Slow news day?

Chinchillazilla		2013-02-23 10:15:44 AM

That's it, I'm building a bunker.

/bunkers can have the internet, right

fragglerawk		2013-02-23 10:16:03 AM

Release the battlebot army. You know they have one.

nekom		2013-02-23 10:16:05 AM

Here's hoping it's just a dude with an umbrella or something similarly lame.

WhippingBoy		2013-02-23 10:16:06 AM

USA! USA!

SpdrJay		2013-02-23 10:16:21 AM

LARPer sighting?

SBinRR		2013-02-23 10:16:31 AM

My bet is it turns out to be a person with a walking stick and a puffy insulated vest.

Robots are Strong		2013-02-23 10:16:34 AM

Those wacky MIT pranksters...

swamp_of_dumb		2013-02-23 10:16:36 AM

It is Massachussetts. More than likely it is someone carrying a broom handle wearing a flyfishing vest.

Mart Laar's beard shaver		2013-02-23 10:16:37 AM

"A gun-free zone?"

How's that workin' for ya, MIT?

CygnusDarius		2013-02-23 10:16:41 AM

lilplatinum: If only nerds carried guns like responsible adults this wouldn't be an issue.

Body armor.

lenfromak		2013-02-23 10:16:49 AM

At MIT, the kid likely built all of it himself.

thisiszombocom		2013-02-23 10:17:12 AM

incircles		2013-02-23 10:17:26 AM

not this shiat again.

LeadFootSpiderMonkey		2013-02-23 10:17:35 AM

Sigh

retarded		2013-02-23 10:18:28 AM

Now is not the time to have a discussion about gun control.

people_are_chumps		2013-02-23 10:18:35 AM

@BreakingNews Cambridge, Mass., police search building where gunman is reported on MIT campus with negative results - @CambridgePolice

zakke		2013-02-23 10:18:42 AM

Lurky McLurkerton		2013-02-23 10:18:57 AM

None of the news channels seem to be carrying this. CNN is still prattelling on about bodies in water tanks.

T-Boy		2013-02-23 10:19:00 AM

Is it a bad guy on a homicidal rampage or a NRA-certified good guy on a homicidal rampage?

GBB		2013-02-23 10:19:20 AM

lenfromak: At MIT, the kid likely ~~built~~ 3D printed all of it himself.

gadian		2013-02-23 10:19:34 AM

Time to roll back the sign? We were doing so well.

Nogale		2013-02-23 10:19:42 AM

Come on, are there no Farkers on the MIT campus?

Karma Curmudgeon		2013-02-23 10:19:57 AM

Quantum Apostrophe		2013-02-23 10:20:20 AM

Uh oh, someone 3D printed a gun at the Media Lab.

BlippityBleep		2013-02-23 10:20:35 AM

instant news hero? check. soon to hear about some person that everyone knows has mental issues? check. everybody pointing at guns while ignoring the previous two issues? check. lulz.

potterydove		2013-02-23 10:20:54 AM

You know what defeats standard body armor?

www.aimsurplus.com

MrSloppy		2013-02-23 10:20:57 AM

I bet it's gonna be categorized as an assault musket.

ZAZ		2013-02-23 10:21:01 AM

According to campus lore MIT campus police can actually shoot and hit their target, unlike city cops. Colleges are otherwise gun free zones in Massachusetts, absent permission from the chief of campus police and (last I heard) the chief would not give permission to anybody.

chard		2013-02-23 10:21:05 AM

The thing is, that "Main group building" is a farking huge complex of buildings that holds basically 70-80% of the academic facilities (classrooms, department headquarters, etc.) on campus. It's going to take forever to search that thing.

It's also *completely open.* Anyone can get in at any time. I was strolling through the hallways at 1 am a couple of years ago (I'm an alum) and saw a homeless dude sleeping right out side the registrar's office.

My guess is that, if they find a gunman, that might change.

Clemkadidlefark		2013-02-23 10:21:09 AM

Sheltering in place ...

Benjamin Orr		2013-02-23 10:21:26 AM

So.... Real gun or shovel?

WorkingInParadise		2013-02-23 10:21:41 AM

Hopefully just a nerd on his way to Bi-mon-sci-fi-con.

cameroncrazy1984		2013-02-23 10:22:03 AM

BlippityBleep: everybody pointing at guns while ignoring the previous two issues? check. lulz.

What do you mean "everybody?"

NYS just put in place a gun law that strengthens mental health reporting.

lulz indeed. I love my state.

Don't Troll Me Bro!		2013-02-23 10:22:17 AM

gadian: Time to roll back the sign? We were doing so well.

All we know is that he's been a responsible gun owner for many, many years.

/Hope it turns out to be an umbrella and puffy jacket

911Jenny		2013-02-23 10:22:22 AM

I was looking to see if I could hear anything on the scanner and I got distracted and amused by their accents.

"I'm gonna be cleaah"

OregonVet		2013-02-23 10:22:34 AM

It's not even real.

gadian		2013-02-23 10:22:40 AM

WorkingInParadise: Hopefully just a nerd on his way to Bi-mon-sci-fi-con.

That would be so embarrassing.

Vodka Zombie		2013-02-23 10:23:01 AM

lenfromak: At MIT, the kid likely built all of it himself.

I don't know. Those kids seem more likely to build dirty bombs or thermonuclear devices when they snap. They seem a little too smart to be part of the point and shoot bullets crowd.

WhippingBoy		2013-02-23 10:23:12 AM

nekom: Here's hoping it's just a dude with an umbrella or something similarly lame.

MIT is in the United States. Those buffoons don't carry umbrellas. They just shoot the raindrops out of the sky.

Yee-Haw!

ZAZ		2013-02-23 10:23:50 AM

It's also *completely open.* Anyone can get in at any time.

They lock some of the perimeter doors nights and weekends. Not a serious obstacle, but if you're a random criminal wandering down Ames Street you'll find the obvious doors locked.