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Require serial numbers, ID checks, licences and age 21 limit for all knife sales

Submitted by Dominic Beacon on Monday 17th November 2025

Published on Monday 22nd December 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Monday 22nd June 2026

Current Signatures: 115
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

Carry ~ checks ~ Children ~ Create ~ Crime ~ Dying ~ Families ~ ID ~ ID checks ~ Knife ~ knife crime ~ knife sales ~ Knives ~ Law ~ Raise ~ risk ~ Sale ~ Save Lives ~ Serial ~ system ~ Weak ~ Young people

Petition Action

Require serial numbers, ID checks, licences and age 21 limit for all knife sales

Petition Details

We want the Government to introduce serial numbers on all knives, require ID checks for every purchase, create a national knife-licence system, record all knife sales, raise the legal age to buy any knife to 21 to reduce knife crime

Additional Information

Knife crime can destroy families and put children at risk. Young people are dying because knives are too easy to buy and too easy to carry. We believe current laws are weak and the Government has not acted strongly enough. We need traceable knives, stricter controls, tougher licensing, and a higher purchase age to protect our children and save lives.


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