Submitted on Sunday 24th March 2024
Rejected on Monday 8th April 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Raise current penalty for carrying a knife illegally from 4 to 10 years.
Raise the penalty.
There should be a greater deterrent for individuals who consider carrying a knife in public to cause harm to others. Knife crime is taking too many lives. The best way for the government to prevent and protect the public is to raise the penalty for being caught carrying a knife from 4 years to 10 years.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Introduce mandatory minimum sentences for possession of a knife: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/654820
Increase the sentence to ten years minimum if you are caught carrying a knife: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/652306
Impose a five-year minimum sentence for carrying knives: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/658787
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