Rejected petition 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)

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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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Date submitted 19 June 2018
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