GOP politician arrested for firing gun at neighbor

John Albers is the Republican candidate for Kentucky Senate in a Louisville district.

Last week, the 47-year-old Albers was charged with wanton endangerment, assault, and menacing after a confrontation he started with a neighbor.

According to a police report, Albers confronted the man, accused him of stealing items from him, grabbed him by his shirt, and threatened to kill him. Then Albers reportedly went back to his car, got his gun, and fired it at the man.

This followed an earlier incident in which the victim reported that Albers punched him in the face and brandished a gun.

Did John Albers really have much of a chance of winning this election anyway (even if he wasn't a maniac who fires guns indiscriminately)? There's been so many elections all over America in which the Democrats didn't have a candidate even though they would've had a good chance at winning. But the GOP almost always has a candidate even when they don't have a chance in hell. Maybe this is why they have to recruit weirdoes to run.

(Source: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/NEWS0106/808150435)