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The Saskatchewan government is asking the federal Liberals to reconsider a pair of controversial new gun control measures that would outlaw some semi-automatic rifles and allow cities to enact local handgun bans.

Ottawa has sole jurisdiction over firearms and the proposed reforms were an election campaign promise, but Saskatchewan’s justice minister says he believes there are better and more effective ways to curb gun crime.

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Don Morgan said the government is “not taking anything off the table” when it comes to opposing the federal government’s gun control plans, but emphasized that he would rather collaborate with Ottawa on an issue important to many in the province.

“We don’t want this to go ahead in this form,” Morgan said, adding that meaningful engagement with the provinces would send a “great signal” about the federal government’s willingness to listen after being reduced to a minority in October.