What Chris Bayless has said about Stash house sting operations
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 14, 2026
Chris Bayless, Retired ATF special agent who spent most of a 30-year career undercover, now an ATF Academy instructor, has been quoted on Stash house sting operations 2 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on May 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bayless defends the concentration of stash house stings in minority neighborhoods by arguing that violent gun crime is disproportionately located there.
“I got to go to places where it's very violent and they're using firearms. And unfortunately, it's disproportionately in these communities”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 3:14:41
Bayless argues that proactive policing is returning after the defund-the-police period and is producing benefits in removing violent offenders.
“proactive law enforcement's coming back, and you're starting to see the benefits of that, which is taking these violent guys off the street”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 3:17:33
Episodes
#304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent GangsThe Shawn Ryan Show · May 14, 2026 · 4 h 2 min
Retired ATF undercover agent Chris Bayless tells Shawn Ryan about infiltrating biker gangs, stash house stings, RICO cases, his PTSD, and his friendship with Mel Chancey.
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- Shawn Ryan · 1 quote
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