What is Martin thinking?

Yesterday I watched some of the debate that took place in Vancouver. I can’t believe Martin keeps talking about how he is banning handguns. I happen to think that Martin is fairly intelligent guy, so that tells me that either: I’m missing something here; Martin isn’t as smart as I think; Martin doesn’t have much to talk about; or Martin thinks that the public is relatively dumb. As everyone knows, it is illegal to carry handguns around in Canada. A person either has to keep their gun locked at home, or they can keep it at a firing range. If you want to transport your handgun you need to get a permit. So what the hell is “banning handguns” going to do? I could go on about the failed logic in this, but that would probably make me as dumb as … (I’ll leave it to you to decide).