The only difference between the terrorist attack in Garland and the terrorist attack in San Bernardino is that in Garland there happened to be someone on the scene who could shoot back. Consequently, the only ones killed in Garland were the two terrorists.
If Garland had been a defense free zone like San Bernardino, then the death toll in Garland would have been a whole lot higher.
John Kerry would say that the Garland attack was justifiable/understandable (as he did with the Charlie Hebdo attack).
The NY Daily News would say that the Garland attack was provoked as was the San Bernadino attack (yes, they blamed one of the victims who rightly understood what militant Islam was).
Islamophobe-phobia (a greater fear of Islamophobes than the threat of Islamonazis) is killing this nation.