that's almost three vietnams. after last week's incident in lafayette, louisiana, the governor of the state and presidential candidate bobby jindal pointed his finger at what has now become the standard explanation for these events. three days after the tragedy, he said on "face the nation" -- >> every time this happens it seems like the person has a history of mental illness. >> but it makes little sense to focus on mental health. look at these statistics. for the united states and other countries provided by gunpolicy.org, which uses official data. america has a gun homicide rate that is at least a dozen times higher than those of most other critical industrialized countries. it is 50 times higher than germany's, for example. we don't have 50 times as many mentally disturbed people as germany does but we do have many many many more guns. former texas governor rick perry's solution is to loosen the few restrictions on guns