Rejected petition: Legalise pepper spray in Scotland.
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Women and girls should be able to defend themselves in our country. Coming and going to work or college in winter months in the dark can be scary for women travelling alone. Pepper spray could save so many women’s lives.
Women should be able to defend themselves from being attacked . Legalising pepper spray could stop so many women from being sexually assaulted or murdered.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Legalise pepper spray in England
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742673We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.