Rejected petition: Stop knives being carried through ‘religious’ exemptions.
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Recent tragic events have shown how wrong it is to allow religious exemptions on carrying knives in public.
It is complete madness that we allow people to carry knives in public where they are exemplified but ones’s religion. Carrying a blade in public is against UK law. As we have tragically seen, this does not stop them being used to kill. People from religions that allow knife carrying should abide by UK law if they want to stay on the country - and that includes not carrying a knife in public. No exceptions!
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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You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Ban carrying religious, cultural & ceremonial bladed & pointed items in public" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770412
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