# Did Sheriff Chad Bianco Really "Bend the Knee" to BLM? The Full Story

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Podcast: [Gun Owners Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gun-owners-radio-253237)
Published: 2025-12-15T14:07:00+00:00
Episode link: https://gunownersradio.com/
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## Resource

The viral claim that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco "bent the knee" to BLM is broken down, using full context and on‑scene footage from an early 2020 protest that had real potential to turn into a riot. Find out what actually happened on the front line, why Bianco chose to kneel and pray with community leaders, how that differs from later performative political kneeling, and why critics are now weaponizing a few seconds of video to damage one of the strongest Republican prospects for California governor.​​ In this episode: Take a hard look at the viral "bent the knee" clip of Sheriff Chad Bianco as the full context shows a frontline sheriff de‑escalating a potential riot, kneeling to pray with community leaders—not surrendering to BLM or changing his pro‑law‑and‑order stance.​ Dr. Roy Taylor, a law enforcement veteran and author, joins the show to talk about use of force, CCW standards, LEOSA , national reciprocity, and how cops and gun owners can actually get on the same side of the Second Amendment.​ A recent Megyn Kelly rant wishing drug runners would "bleed out" sparks a deep dive into how real gun owners view lethal force as a last‑resort defensive tool, not a vehicle for revenge or entertainment.​ A new UCSD‑linked study on guns and intimate partner violence gets pulled apart to reveal what it really shows about women arming for self‑defense, correlation vs causation, and why both sides of the gun debate will try to spin the same data.​ A brutal "ultimate car holster test" exposes how popular magnetic car mounts can launch guns during crashes, fail with airbags, and encourage dangerous gun‑handling in vehicles—plus safer carry setups that actually work in the real world.​

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