Rejected petition Up to 10 years or longer for carrying some sort of weapons.

Already 9 days in to the New Years and there has been a number of stabbings happening around London. police need to be on the search permanently for weapons ie like knifes if find carrying a weapon they should be jailed up to 10 years. London needs to take action now.

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Knife crimes

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It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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We're understand that you're concerned about knife crime, but we're not sure whether you'd like changes to stop and search rules or changes to sentences for carrying weapons.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/233926

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Date submitted 9 January 2019
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