Rejected petition: Ban knife carrying in public with zero exceptions.
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Ban all knife carrying in public without exception for religious's or ceremonial purposes.
Currently certain groups of our community can carry a knife because of thier religious belief or as part of a traditional costume. Then only when these knives are used will they be defined as offence weapons which is “after the horse has bolted” approach. The current policy promotes a culture of carrying knifes for defence reason because other can carry.
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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