Petition · past parliament

Stop knife, gun crime and murder within the whole of the UK

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Implementation of a death sentence preferably hanging in public for anyone convicted of a stabbing, shooting or murder.
Anyone found in possession of a knife or gun be issued a mandatory life sentence to hard labour no easy prison life..
What are our children going to grow up in if something drastic isn’t done now, people going about they normal daily business getting knifed to death, shot and murder and you the British government are doing nothing what so ever to protect our next generation and their children’s children.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Bring back the death penalty for certain offences including murder: Bring back the death penalty for certain offences including murder

Increase sentences relating to knife crime: Increase sentences relating to knife crime

Timeline

31 May 2021 Petition opened for signatures
7 Jun 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Jun 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.