Submitted on Wednesday 15th July 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 21st July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
tackle knifepoint crime and to allow the public too protect themselves
To impose harder convictions for reported knife point crimes and too impose the policing response too potential crimes being committed instead of refusing too respond until an offence occurs.
Too discuss to allow the general public too defend and protect themselves at knifepoint when walking in public/work, and too impose harder convictions on people carrying knifes that has been reported and ignored by the police.
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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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The decision to respond is an operational decision for the police, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We've published the following petitions on increasing sentences for carrying a knife, which you may wish to sign:
Introduce a minimum sentence for carrying a knife, equal to carrying a firearm: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300054
Introduce mandatory life sentence for possession of a knife: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318502
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