  We examine a model of reduced staggered fermions in three dimensions
interacting through an $SO(4)$ invariant four fermion interaction. The model is
similar to that considered in a recent paper by Ayyer and Chandrasekharan
\cite{Ayyar:2014eua}. We present theoretical arguments and numerical evidence
which support the idea that the system develops a mass gap for sufficiently
strong four fermi coupling.{\it without} producing a symmetry breaking fermion
bilinear condensate. Massless and massive phases appear to be separated by a
continuous phase transition.
