Larissa KurzRegina Leader-PostAdvocates are calling for the City of Regina to reject the Safe Public Spaces bylaw out of fear that prohibiting items like needles as potential weapons could put vulnerable people at further risk. The board did not immediately respond to a request for further comment on why it is recommending that Regina activate the act. Province says act meant to increase public safetyThe Safe Public Spaces Act, which came into effect Aug. 1, was introduced by the Saskatchewan government as a means to “promote public safety in urban spaces” by prohibiting the possession or transportation of street weapons in public spaces. Among the items defined as “weapons” are things like knives, hammers, body armour, hypodermic needles, bear spray, fentanyl, methamphetamines and more. “This direction we’re headed in is dangerous.”Most people carrying needles are not using them to harm others, continued Reddy.