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I didn't call the soldiers cowards. I openly admitted I had never been in such a situation and have no idea how I would respond. All I asked for was a reason how 40 plus soldiers cold be gunned down and no one was able to stop him. Even if he could shoot a person a second it would take the better part of a minute for him to do what he did.

Being taken by surprise, and accustomed to acting only on orders from a superior, is not evidence of cowardice and I never said it was, or even hinted at it.

I regret that you took my comment to be calling them cowards. I have a son-in-law at CENTCOM in Tampa, a grandson in the Marines and a nephew who is a 1st-Sgt currently in Iraq. My father-in-law was a decorated veteran of wwII. I spent two hours yesterday in the Florida sun to photograph the procession honoring a fallen member of our community taking his remains from MacDill AFB to the funeral home. My son is a uniformed deputy sheriff. I would NEVER accuse these soldiers of cowardice. I simply want to know how such a thing could happen to that many soldiers. I can see it in college classroom, or a Luby’s restaurant, but I have to wonder how it could happen to soldiers. The lack of cowardice makes it even more of a mystery to me.

I backed out on another paid assignment to be there to get pictures of the procession for members of our church who are great supporters of the members of armed services stationed at MacDill AFB.

Bayshore Baptist Church is very active in programs for those who away from home serving in the military.