In 1942, Fiorello LaGuardia, the mayor of New York City, used a sledgehammer to smash a pinball machine. The
gesture represented the mayor's effort to make pinball
machines illegal across the city, as he commanded the city's
police officers to seize the "pointless" games that attracted
too many children.
Choose the statement that provides an effective transition
from this paragraph to Marco's next paragraph on the topic.