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Ban on knife possession except for licensed/trade purposes & increase sentences

Submitted by Christopher Marshall on Friday 29th November 2024

Published on Monday 20th January 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 20th July 2025

Signatures: 126

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Tagged with

Blades ~ Children ~ Combat ~ Crime ~ Culture ~ Deaths ~ Devastating ~ End ~ England ~ England and Wales ~ Illegal ~ IMPACT ~ JAIL ~ jail term ~ Knife ~ knife crime ~ Knives ~ Mandatory ~ measures ~ Minimum ~ Outright ban ~ Prevent ~ Trade ~ Wales ~ Years

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 126 signatures in total, with signatories from 102 constituencies. That makes it the 19,692nd most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 30% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 3% (low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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