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Ban the use of Piercing guns in the UK

Submitted on Saturday 11th February 2012

Published on Monday 13th February 2012

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 13th February 2013

Signatures: 409

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Ban the use of Piercing guns in the UK

Additional Information

We believe it is a safety hazard and health issue to use piercing guns therefore they should be banned.

- Piercing guns cause blunt trauma to the tissue, where as a professional hollow needle will simply make a slot for the jewellery to fit in.

- Many piercing guns are re-used, many are also made of plastic, therefore cannot be put in an autoclave to fully sterlise.

- The re-used plastic piercing guns are usually only cleaned with an alcohol wipe, therefore it does not kill any viruses such a hepatitis or HIV.

- Piercing guns used of any cartilage (Usually the helix or nose) may shatter the cartilage due to blunt trauma.

For a demonstration of how a gun affects the tissue, please watch this video:
http://youtu.be/IKCW76znIwk

Thanks.


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