Hero at Las Vegas Shooting on Mission to Protect Second Amendment

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On October 1, 2017, a lone gunman opened fire into the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas. The incident remains the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

But out of this tragedy comes a story of true heroism. When Iraq War veteran Taylor Winston heard the first shots, he sprang into action. He grabbed a truck and began to shuttle wounded concert attendees back and forth from the scene to a nearby hospital. Winston's quick thinking saved countless lives.

Many mass shooting survivors advocate for stronger gun control, but Winston's experience solidified his belief in the 2nd Amendment.

"I never ever want to have anyone experience [a mass shooting], but I would go through it again and again, and again, to protect our gun rights because it protects us from something far worse and bigger, and that's a potential tyrannical government committing genocide," says Winston.

Winston joins this bonus episode of the Daily Signal Podcast to discuss his act of heroism, as well as why it's so important to protect our 2nd Amendment rights.

We are also joined by Jordan Sarmo, a faith-based musician and host of the Speak the Truth Without Fear podcast. We talk about cancel culture and how we can best fight back.

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0:00.0	Hey all, Doug Blair here.
0:08.5	What you're about to hear is a special bonus episode of the Daily Signal Podcast from
0:12.8	our time at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit.
0:16.6	On today's episode, we hear from Taylor Winston, an Iraq war veteran whose quick thinking saved
0:21.4	dozens of lives during the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.
0:26.1	He joins us to discuss his act of heroism and why it's so important to protect our
0:30.1	second amendment rights.
0:31.9	This interview was recorded live at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, so please
0:36.2	pardon any excess noise.
0:48.8	We are joined today on the Daily Signal Podcast by Taylor Winston, an Iraq war veteran who's
0:53.3	quick thinking during the 2017 Las Vegas shooting saved countless lives.
0:57.3	Taylor, it's an honor and it's great to have you on the podcast.
1:00.0	Thank you guys for having me.
1:01.5	Absolutely.
1:02.5	So, your act of heroism on that day was instrumental in saving numerous lives.
1:08.0	So, if it's not too much to ask and it's a little not too sensitive, would you be able
1:12.2	to sort of take us through what happened and what you did during that event?
1:16.3	Yeah, absolutely.
1:17.3	And like we were talking earlier, we got some pump up music.
1:22.3	We're over here at an exhibition all at Turning Point, but I like to tell you guys about
1:27.9	my story a little bit.
1:28.9	It gets a little rough, it's some patches, but we'll keep it PG.
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