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Make carrying of a knife a mandatory 10 year Prison Sentence.

Submitted on Wednesday 21st January 2026

Rejected on Wednesday 18th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make carrying of a knife a mandatory 10 year Prison Sentence.

Petition Details

Anyone caught carrying a knife or dangerous weapon, get an automatic 10 year Prison Sentence.

Additional Information

Agree to make it a mandatory 10 year prison sentence.


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Increase minimum sentence for carrying a knife to 10 years
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/750758

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