Rejected petition Legalize Self Defense Pepper Spray

Rejected on 18 April 2018

Security expect for 10 years.

I am a security expect and have been for over ten years. The British Government of the United Kingdom need to Dr-criminalize pepper spray for the reasons of self defence. If citizens of the United Kingdom had access to legal proper spray its a fact that less crime would happen, rape would be cut in half, even the elderly would love in peace more easier. I understand right now that it's considered a firearm. But in the eyes of a security expert it's a legitimate form of self defense.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/216951

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