WASHINGTON — Brandon Tsay, the 26-year-old who made worldwide headlines for disarming the Monterey Park gunman last month, stood and waved to the crowd of lawmakers as President Joe Biden labeled him a “hero” and called for new gun control measures in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address.
“He thought he was going to die, but then he thought about the people inside,” Biden said as Tsay won a rare bipartisan ovation. “In that instant, he found the courage to act and wrestled the semiautomatic pistol away from a gunman who had already killed 11 people at another dance studio.”
“He saved lives,” Biden added. “It’s time we do the same. Ban assault weapons once and for all.”
