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  Apparently so. Probably not first degree.
context: His name is Brandon Tsay. At least state the hero’s name. >
  
  At least Tsay it. >
  
  Tsay what?! >
  
  Tsay his name, Tsay his name.
  When gunman is around you,
  Tsay baby will save you >
  
  Republicans want people to forget about these tragedies as quickly as possible. Good on Biden for not letting that happen >
  
  
  Republicans want people to forget about these tragedies as quickly as possible. Good on Biden for not letting that happen
  
  Personally? I won't go for this reason. 
  This guy should be hailed as a hero but because he is being invited and that will be perceived as being a "political pawn", his life will be turned upside down even further than before. 
  It becomes a choice of "living a normal life after a extraordinary event" or "Lets see how far this rabbit hole goes" >
  
  A political pawn?  How about "mental health" being violently hurled around as a political get-out-of-jail-free card concerning gun violence?  We're happy to hand wave away the problem and the solution with a largely made up boogieman.  Highlighting the victims of gun violence seems like a completely reasonable thing to do since we're all too willing to throw out excuses (like mental health problems) for the perpetrators. >
  
  Mental health isn't an excuse. It takes both a gun and someone to pull the trigger for gun violent to occur. >
  
  Implying that the person pulling the trigger is mentally ill (as you just did) is making excuses for them. >
  
  It isn't an excuse. Being mentally ill doesn't excuse violence. It can explain it though.
  Someone who is emotional enough to pull a gun and shoot someone over any issue besides self defense is someone who is not mentally stable. That's mental illness. Having anger issues is still mental illness. >
  
  When someone does something you don't like, or even something that most people might find abhorrent, that doesn't make them mentally ill.  That's not at all how that works.
  
  Research shows that of all the violence that occurs in the United States, 96% is due to risk factors other than mental illness, said Alisa Gutman, M.D., Ph.D., the founder and medical director of the Philadelphia Human Rights Clinic. >
  
  Um, murder isn't something "I don't like". Are you telling me that someone who kills someone because of an argument doesn't have something wrong mentally? >
  
  "Something wrong mentally" is not synonymous with "mentally ill."  You're conflating two different things. >
  
  A lot of people just seem to think “Does something wrong morally” means “Mentally Ill” when there is actually a lot more to being mentally Ill. You need to actually have a condition. And you are far more likely to die by a gun for being mentally ill than a normal person is but I always see the argument being mentally ill people are the perpetrators of gun violence when they are far more likely to be a victim. The person above you won’t get that though :P >
  
  
  During a medal of courage ceremony by the city of Alhambra on Sunday, [Rep.] Chu said [Brandon] Tsay’s actions were “so amazing” that she invited him to be her guest at the president’s address. But only an hour after she spoke with Tsay, the president himself asked Tsay to be his guest, Chu said.
  “I can’t believe you turned me down for the president,” Chu joked to Tsay.
  
  Oi. Oi. >
  
  The next republican president will out do Bidens diversity picks by inviting five black police officers. >
  
  If Trump gets re-elected, he’ll probably pardon them all and give them each a Presidential Medal of Freedom >
  
  Doubtful, they are still black men after all >
  
  Trump gave it to Tiger Woods, during the peak of his drama >
  
  He might like the idea of having 5 African Americans to point to instead of just the usual one >
  
  I guarantee my conservative family members will twist this somehow next time politics get brought up at dinner. >
  
  I can't stop thinking about Tyre's parents. Where do they get the strength. I am still so viscerally angry about what happened to him. I want people to FRY. >
  
  i heard the cops that murdered him posted bail and left custody? Does tennessee really let people charged with murder post bail?