Robin Abcarian: Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting rampage is awful but not surprising
by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Jul 30, 2019
4 minutes
GILROY, Calif. - It was not supposed to happen at the garlic festival, Gilroy's beloved public celebration.
It was not supposed to happen at a country music festival in Las Vegas.
It was not supposed to happen during morning Shabbat services in Pittsburgh.
It was not supposed to happen in the middle of evening Bible study in Charleston.
It was not supposed to happen in a Parkland high school, or a Newtown elementary school.
It was not supposed to happen at countless other houses of worship, nightclubs and shopping centers.
But this is America.
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