Legalize the use of pepper spray
With the ongoing increase in knife attacks and sexual assaults in the UK. The public have no way of protecting themselves in self defense. The use of pepper spray is non lethal but good self defense to give victims a chance of getting to safety and potentially disabling the attacker from continuing
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 6/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 6/100,000
- 02 DEC 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action: Legalise pepper spray in England: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742673
- 02 NOV 2025Petition created
Background
I want the government to look into the use of pepper spray as a non lethal self defense for the public to use if they're in danger.