This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Increase the punishment to hold a gun or knife, minimum of 10 years
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Knife and Gun crime is on the rise. This is due to people being not scared of the law and they know they will come back on the streets easily. The minimum prison punishment for carrying a knife or gun should be 10 years without Bail.
in the first quarter of 2018 only, there were 48 fatalities involving Gun and knives.
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