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Çhange the laws for carrying a knife in the uk for adults and under 18s.

Submitted on Monday 11th January 2021

Rejected on Monday 15th February 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Çhange the laws for carrying a knife in the uk for adults and under 18s.

Petition Details

In the year ending June 2019, there were 22,306 disposals given for possession of a knife or offensive weapon. Juveniles (aged 10-17) were the offenders in 20% of cases. London recorded the highest rate of 179 offences involving a knife per 100,000 population. There is no deterrent!

Additional Information

Current laws are offenders aged 18 or over would be sentenced to a minimum six months' custodial sentence and a maximum 4 years .
For those aged 16 or 17 the minimum sentence is a detention and training order of at least four months.
This is not enough. Knife crime in the UK is rising rapidly. We have to protect our children. Change the legislation and make it a detterant. 8 years minimum for carrying a knife in public. This needs sorting out! We want change, now. Protect our children.


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This petition was rejected

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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