{"id":2254,"date":"2018-02-22T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2018-02-22T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T10:42:11","slug":"michael-reviews-arms-law-with-craftsmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"Michael Reviews Arms Law with Craftsmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has reviewed the Government\u2019s proposed new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons with local knife maker Clive Witton.<\/p>\n<p>The Sevenoaks MP recently visited Mr Witton\u2019s workshop to learn more about the process of knife making.\u00a0 As a specialist knife-maker, Mr Witton is concerned that the new rules from Government will make it more difficult for craftsmen to send knives in the post.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Witton said: \u201cWhile I understand that the UK needs to consider new ways to stop young people getting hold of knives, the Government must ensure that the small craft sector is not damaged as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2254 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2257'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Witton-workshop-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2257\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2257'>\n\t\t\t\tA Clive Witton knife\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2256'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Witton-workshop-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2256\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2256'>\n\t\t\t\tThe workshop forge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Michael raised Mr Witton\u2019s concerns directly with the Home Secretary, who assured him that the proposal to restrict the online sale of knives is aimed at strengthening the prohibition on sales of knives to under-18s.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Home Office, evidence from recent test purchase operations shows that the failure rate on online test purchases is high.\u00a0 However, the Home Secretary said Mr Witton\u2019s points will be carefully considered as part of the Government\u2019s response to the consultation process, which ended in December.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said: \u201cIt\u2019s right that the Government reviews our weapons law.\u00a0 But those affected like Clive should have their say, so I\u2019m pleased that the Home Secretary will listen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has reviewed the Government\u2019s proposed new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons with local knife maker Clive Witton. The Sevenoaks MP recently visited Mr Witton\u2019s workshop to learn more about the process of knife making.\u00a0 As a specialist knife-maker, Mr Witton is concerned that the new rules from Government will make it more difficult &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2254\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Reviews Arms Law with Craftsmen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[8,563,779,781,768,778,497,782,780],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2258,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions\/2258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}