Submitted on Tuesday 19th June 2018
Rejected on Friday 29th June 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reconsider the Offensive Weapons Bill for fencers and hobbyists.
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid is looking to have a bill put through parliament stopping any form of balded object being sent to "Private addresses", we, the undersigned, would like this bill reconsidered for fencers and hobbyists (re-enactors and HEMA practitioners)
This article below by The Sun proclaiming a victory for their campaign seems to make it clear that all blades will be put under the new legislation without exception, a move that will damage cultivation of sport, academia and culture in the UK.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6551303/home-secretary-sajid-javid-launches-crackdown-on-knife-sales-in-victory-for-sun-campaign/
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