petition

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At one point, guns being kept in the residence were taken by police and later given back when someone living there petitioned for them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Guns were seized from the suspect's home in the past, police had said, but were returned after a successful petition from the firearms' owner.

From BBC

A petition to stop the removal of the model now has more than 20,000 signatures.

From BBC

The singer launched the petition on Thursday morning and hit the milestone on Friday night, meaning MPs will now have to debate it in the House of Commons.

From BBC

The listing decision arrives about seven years after the Center for Biological Diversity and the Mountain Lion Foundation, nonprofit environmental organizations, petitioned the commission to consider listing the half-dozen lion populations.

From Los Angeles Times