Are these people crazy?

Today's New York Times editorial noted that Tampa is taking extra security precautions in the run-up to the Republican National Convention there in August. The Gray Lady writes: "The City Council is sensibly preparing tight security precautions for the downtown area by temporarily banning clubs, hatchets, switchblades, pepper spray, slingshots, chains, shovels and all manner of guns that shoot water, paint or air. But not handguns that shoot actual bullets. In other words, someone outside the convention hall will be entitled to pack a handgun, but not a squirt gun." To answer my headline question, yes, these people are certifiably nuts. Wow.