On your mark, get set...TWEET!

Another politician reaching a new level of idiocy:

"Mayor Mark Mallory refuses to fire a starter pistol to kick off an upcoming road race, saying he doesn't like the gun's symbolism in a city that set a record for homicides last year."

They must miss Jerry Springer in Cincy.

For one, a starter pistol isn't even a real gun, not in the sense that Mayor Dingbat thinks, anyway. It can't even fire real bullets. Apparently the only symbolism would involve something like a firecracker.

I assume Mr. Mayor doesn't plan on disarming his police force any time soon. Perhaps such a maneuver would be a little too "symbolic."