“This is not Redlands,” was a common refrain from residents on Saturday, just a few days after a seemingly ordinary couple carried out a shooting rampage that killed 14 people and left 21 others injured.
Redlands, a town of around 70,000, is east of San Bernardino, and is where Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire during a luncheon at the Inlands Regional Center.
Residents described the town as sleepy — a community that was once buoyed by a citrus industry that has since faded, NBC News reported. But the massacre has ignited political arguments over gun control and the security of Americans.
"My personal feeling about it is: Each of us as individuals need to get out and get to know who we're living next door to because that's how a community grows," one resident told NBC News.
