This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Carrying a knife in public to without just cause to receive 5 years sentence
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Due to continued killing of innocent people . I suggest severe custodial measures be introduced as soon as possible
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We think that these petitions are similar:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/236423
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/233926
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/237702We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.