By Stephanie Taylor THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations voted Thursday to publicly oppose the Liberal government’s proposed gun-control legislation and stand against sovereignty bills in Alberta and Saskatchewan’s legislatures. All three bills would infringe on treaty rights, the First Nations leaders said. An amendment to Bill C-21, which is currently being debated by members of Parliament, aims to create an evergreen definition for “assault-style” weapons and enshrine it in law, allowing the government to ban hundreds of models of firearms. Some First Nations leaders say they’re concerned to see rifles used for hunting on the list and voted to take a stand against the bill, which they say infringes on their treaty rights. “We totally oppose this bill,” Chief Dylan Whiteduck of Kitigan Zibi

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