This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition People who carry bladed articles in a public place can not claim self defence.
People carrying knives claim they do so for protection. No one who takes a knife out in a public place should be aloud to claim they acted in self defence and reasonable force laws should be void at a trial. If you go out with a bladed article or fire arms you do so with the intention to use it.
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People caught with knives are getting cautions. People that use the knives ( actually stabbing some one) are receiving suspended sentences.
Hundreds of families are being let down by British justice. We need to toughen the law on knife crime. We need to show zero tolerance so young ones know , if they go out armed with either bladed articles or fire arms they will go to prison for a very long time . At present there is no deterrant and young ones know they will receive nothing when there caught
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