Allow Women to legally purchase and carry Pepper spray

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Change the current law that prohibits anyone from purchasing and carrying pepper spray to ONLY allowing Women to purchase it through providing suitable ID to prove they are over the age of 18.

Right now in the UK, women are being targeted by illegals immigrants and homegrown UK men. This has been proven more than enough times (grooming gangs and illegal Immigrant Sexual Assaults). Women should have the right to defend themselves and pepper spray WOULD give women a fighting chance of getting away.

The current laws of “self defence” are obsolete and need updating to meet the situation in 2025 and beyond

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Legalise pepper spray in England
Legalise pepper spray in England

Timeline

8 Nov 2025	Petition opened for signatures
8 Dec 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Dec 2025

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