FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Rep. Tom Burch has a solution to the danger posed to Kentucky's horse industry from Illinois and Indiana casino riverboats: Sink 'em.

Burch, a Louisville Democrat and self-described "Old Navy man," said he came up with the idea of a state submarine force to attack the riverboats so he could poke fun at opponents of slot machine casinos at Kentucky race tracks.

Burch said the "hypocrites who say they can save Kentuckians from gambling" by opposing slots at race tracks ignore the reality of the riverboats in Indiana and Illinois.

To make his point, Burch offered a resolution to the House urging the creation of a Kentucky Navy to patrol the Ohio River and "engage and destroy any casino riverboats that the submarine may encounter."

The resolution also authorizes the notification of the "riverboat consulate" of the "impending whoopin' so that they may remove their casino vessels to friendlier waters."