New federal legislation to further restrict long guns would allow municipalities to have their own gun bylaws, while legislative attempts in Alberta and Saskatchewan to keep municipalities from enacting such laws have raised constitutional questions. Bill C-21, tabled on Feb. 16, amends federal firearms laws. Although the sweeping legislation doesn’t cover handguns, it empowers municipalities to pass bylaws on handguns, such as prohibiting storage at home or anywhere within their municipal boundaries and limiting their transport to or from the municipality. Dwight Newman, a law professor and Canada research chair at the University of Saskatchewan, told The Epoch Times that this is an unusual aspect of the bill. “There’s something very strange about the federal government engaging directly with municipalities on this kind of issue when municipalities are themselves constitutionally creatures of the provincial governments,” he said. Saskatchewan passed legislation last June to prevent municipalities from making their own gun …