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This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Make the sale and use of laser pens in the UK a Criminal Offence
Following the Virgin Atlantic flight incident involving the shining of a laser pen on the aircraft yesterday, and also a far more dangerous incident involving a Search And Rescue helicopter in Scotland, it is time that doing this was a criminal offence with a mandatory jail sentence.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121720
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