Mon Jan 23, 2023, 05:50 PM

pnwmom (107,303 posts)

Monterey Park shooting: Brandon Tsay who disarmed gunman had never seen a real gun

Source: BBC

The 26-year-old man credited with disarming the California shooting suspect had never seen a real gun before.

Late on Saturday evening, working at his family-run dance hall in Alhambra, Brandon Tsay found himself staring at one pointed directly at him.

"My heart sank, I knew I was going to die," Mr Tsay told the New York Times.

He did not know the gunman was believed to have killed 11 people just minutes earlier at another dance hall.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64376209

Brandon Tsay, computer coder, is a hero!

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Monterey Park shooting: Brandon Tsay who disarmed gunman had never seen a real gun (Original post)	pnwmom	Monday	OP
He not only deserves an award he deserves to have an award named for him.	twodogsbarking	Monday	#1
Wow.. Brandon Tsay is a Hero!	Cha	Monday	#2
And a computer coder! I'd figured he was a security guy, lol.	pnwmom	Monday	#4
Yes he is! 💙	Cha	Monday	#5
I heard a little bit of the interview with him	Marthe48	Monday	#3
Truly courageous	ailsagirl	Monday	#6
He could teach a few Uvalde cops about courage.	Orrex	Monday	#7
No kidding.	dalton99a	Monday	#9
A good guy without a gun . . . .	AverageOldGuy	Monday	#8
What people imagine they'll do -- turn into a movie-hero and save everybody -- this	betsuni	Tuesday	#10
Now this is the right way to say this,	MarineCombatEngineer	Tuesday	#11
careful how you celebrate luck	GenXer47	Tuesday	#12
Of course they're heroes. And he was, too. His bravery saved lives. nt	pnwmom	Tuesday	#13

Response to pnwmom (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 06:01 PM

twodogsbarking (5,582 posts)

1. He not only deserves an award he deserves to have an award named for him.

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 06:12 PM

Cha (282,218 posts)

2. Wow.. Brandon Tsay is a Hero!

🤷‍♀️💕

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 06:15 PM

pnwmom (107,303 posts)

4. And a computer coder! I'd figured he was a security guy, lol.

But he's really more of a Clark Kent type.

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 06:34 PM

Cha (282,218 posts)

5. Yes he is! 💙

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 06:15 PM

Marthe48 (11,554 posts)

3. I heard a little bit of the interview with him

"GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Mr. Tsay said.

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 07:57 PM

ailsagirl (21,864 posts)

6. Truly courageous

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 10:24 PM

Orrex (62,054 posts)

7. He could teach a few Uvalde cops about courage.

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Response to Orrex (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 11:56 PM

dalton99a (73,540 posts)

9. No kidding.

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Response to pnwmom (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 11:54 PM

AverageOldGuy (830 posts)

8. A good guy without a gun . . . .

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Tue Jan 24, 2023, 12:18 AM

betsuni (21,633 posts)

10. What people imagine they'll do -- turn into a movie-hero and save everybody -- this

guy actually did! Wow!

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Tue Jan 24, 2023, 09:31 AM

MarineCombatEngineer (8,625 posts)

11. Now this is the right way to say this,

Let's Go Brandon!!!!

Take that you RW magat's, I've just taken your insulting slogan against Pres. Biden and turned it into something positive.

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Tue Jan 24, 2023, 05:14 PM

GenXer47 (616 posts)

12. careful how you celebrate luck

This could have gone 1000 different ways, so easily.
Would any of you who are parents recommend this course of action to your kids? Disarm a guy with submachine gun???
He was incredibly lucky. Aren't "heroes" more like nurses, who showed up every day during covid's flooding of hospitals? Teachers, who stay til 9pm to help kids with no support? Cops, who repeatedly help community members? Doctors, who fly to Haiti every year to volunteer? Veterans of war, who saw their brothers killed right next to them but pressed ahead anyway? Prisoners, wrongly accused, who finally get out and volunteer as mentors in their communities? Sorry folks but I don't hold up people like this guy as "heroes". I see it more as a sickening symptom of our reality, that anyone should ever be put in this position.

Monterey Park shooting: Brandon Tsay who disarmed gunman had never seen a real gun

1. He not only deserves an award he deserves to have an award named for him.

2. Wow.. Brandon Tsay is a Hero!

4. And a computer coder! I'd figured he was a security guy, lol.

5. Yes he is! 💙

3. I heard a little bit of the interview with him

6. Truly courageous

7. He could teach a few Uvalde cops about courage.

9. No kidding.

8. A good guy without a gun . . . .

10. What people imagine they'll do -- turn into a movie-hero and save everybody -- this

11. Now this is the right way to say this,

12. careful how you celebrate luck

13. Of course they're heroes. And he was, too. His bravery saved lives. nt