In Developed Countries: +(guns) = +(gun deaths)

From a great article in Vox (here), the US is really an outlier among developed countries.

+(Gun Control Laws) -> -(Gun-related Deaths)

States with tighter gun control laws have fewer gun-related deaths (from an article in Vox, here).

More Guns -> More Deaths (not less)!

US States with greater gun ownership have more deaths, not less as argued by Open-carry and Concealed carry advocates (from a Vox Article here). The solid line is the linear regression line (Gun Deaths) = a + b(Gun Ownership) and the coefficient (b) is positive not negative.

Last Days in Vietnam

The preview above gives a pretty accurate feel for the American Experience Documentary Last Days in Vietnam. If you are really interested in detail about Vietnam, the documentary has it. For the average viewer, some of this might be repetitive, but still worth it. Here are a few interesting details:

• When then President Richard Nixon left office on August 9, 1974, Vietnam's fate was sealed. The North Vietnamese thought Nixon was a madman who would destroy North Vietnam if provoked. With Nixon out of the way, the final Ho Chi Minh Offensive began on December 7, 1974.
• Ambassador Graham Martin refused to believe the end was coming and would not allow planing for an evacuation. Army officers and Marines (Stuart Herrington, Steve Hasty, and others, to include Vietnamese officers) began planning and executing a "Black Ops" evacuation plan, countermanding their direct orders from the Ambassador.
• Richard Armitage, who was Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Bush II administration until resigning after the Valerie Plame Affair, served three combat tours in Vietnam and then was US Defense Attache in Vietnam. He organized the evacuation of the Vietnamese Navy and the evacuation of South Vietnamese military and civilians.

Starting on Memorial Day 2012, the 13 year Commemoration of the Vietnam War began with a Presidential Proclamation. When, exactly, the Vietnam War started is a matter of contention, but this year marks an increase in media and public interest. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary The Vietnam War was a decade in the making and will start airing this Sunday. It is not to be missed. 

Remembering the Great War

The Great War, a six-hour documentary presented over three nights, explores how World War I changed America and the world. The film premieres April 10 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more at pbs.org/greatwar.

Remembering America's Greatest War Chief