Today, I came across a 2023 incident in San Bernardino involving a shootout between a deputy and a criminal. The action begins at the 10:00 mark.

The lesson here is stay in the fight, even after being wounded.

Categories: CopsCrimeSelf Defense

4 Comments

Dan D. · February 22, 2026 at 8:00 am

I was going to write that I was inspired by those beautiful reloads by Sgt. Anderston but then seeing Cardenas dragged like a dead dog through the glass, well, that was much better.

Also, I’ve been to that AM/PM on Bear Valley Rd. on the way to camping in Apple Valley many times over the past 30 years. Victorville has gone from quaint to I’m-the-only-white-guy-without-gang-tats-within-10-miles.

Pat H. Bowman · February 22, 2026 at 8:23 am

To quote the great philosopher Captain Mal Reynolds, “If someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back.”

EN2 SS · February 22, 2026 at 9:26 pm

Apparently the Sargent and I agree, keep shooting until they quit bouncing.

WallPhone · February 23, 2026 at 5:10 pm

Crazy time for a malfunction. I never really liked the James Yeager method of racking right after a mag change, it could have hurt and helped in this case–

Hurt: you just emptied the chamber before fully seating the new mag

Helped: the chamber was already emptied by the malfunction from shooting while not having a magazine in place.

Hard to tell if it was caused by the left hand/right hand transitions or if some palm flesh was caught in the mag gap.

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