Petition Knife Crime

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The issue of Knife Crime is important because knife crime is on the rise and is a big issue.
More than one in 10 hospital admissions for assault in the UK involved use of knife or sharp
Knives are used in 4 out of 10 murders of young people in the UK.
We call upon the government to make it harder for youths to carry knives by admitting many more laws
Introduce tougher punishment such as longer prison sentances and introducing new schemes

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

224 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 224 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 4 November 2012
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