Jehovah's witnesses - door knocking legal?

[TheRhythmlessMan]

I was just given a leaflet from a group of Jehovah's Witnesses at my front door. Is this legal?

I have no idea but it really shouldn't be. It's horribly intrusive and manipulative.

Yes, why would it be Illegal

I believe so, they're well known for doing it.

We get cars full on our estate doing the rounds. If you have no religious callers they shouldn't knock

Eh? Anybody can knock anybody else's door for whatever reason. You don't have to answer or accept the leaflet. What crime do you think has been committed?

Thats like saying is a supermarket allowed to drop a leaflet through your door of course it is legal why wouldn't it be ?

Just remove the implied right of access to your door by writing to them.
They shouldn’t bother you again.

I phoned a number in London a few years ago for my old address to stop them coming round and they said they would contact the ones local to me with a view to getting me taken off their ‘round’.

I had a sticker on my door saying no cold callers including religious ones but the lady told me that JW are excluded from that! No idea why.

It did work though as I never got a knock on the door at that address again.

You could write to the JW and remove rights of access - then they wouldn’t be able to visit your property

Most just say no thanks

Or elderly jump at the chance for a chat

Ok point taken. Was just asking. Anyone has a right to knock on anyone's door.
I guess I'm just surprised people can go door to door trying to persuade people of their religion. It's a bit of a sensitive/delicate/personal topic!

They are allowed to knock, but you don't have to answer. If they are bothering you, you can call the local kingdom hall and ask to be put on their do not call list. I have done this as they called regularly. The last straw for me was when I answered the door and my son was stood with me. When I did I wasn't interested and refused to take the magazine the guy knelt down and asked my son of he would like it. I was really cross as I had said no and felt it was wrong to then address my son after I had said this. It felt manipulative.
My 7 year old has a Jehovah's witness in her class and it is so sad because she can't partake in any big events like nativity, harvest festival, birthday parties, even Easter because it's celebrated the wrong way (eggs etc!). The child gets upset at school and has told my child she hates being a Jehovah's witness but she has to because of her parents.

How do you know they're JWs before answering?

How could it possibly be illegal to knock on someone’s door? 🧐

Well around here They're usually smartly dressed carrying leaflets. They tend to be in pairs or groups to.

Being a JW is all about spreading the word that is why they knock on doors you just say no thanks just like you would any sales person btw I agree it is intrusive but you just say no thanks and close the door

Last time they knocked on my door they were 2 elderly women

Women in long denim skirts are often JW, especially if in pairs.

Just shut the door straight away. It's not illegal to be rude.

there is a general right to approach your door and knock/ring or put leaflets post etc through letterbox, there is not a right to go through side gate to see if you are in back garden
they are all the same election leaflets; new takeaway menus ads for a dog walker, gardeners, parish newsletter, JW leaflet free newspapers
you can have a sticker saying no cold callers and also no unsolicited mail, but I'm not sure it is actually enforceable
In fact Royal Mail are actually paid to leaflet drop as they deliver you can request no leaflets from Royal mail but it's all or nothing
it is only illegal to harass someone ie knocking door and running away or knocking several times per day or in the night,
I think there are guidelines on times for people like meter readers etc probably 8am -8pm though I'm guessing

Wish it were illegal! I really loathe them.

Have always restrained myself from being outright rude, but I'd love to tell them to fuck right off!

I've asked in the past for them not to call again, since I'm not interested and never will be - it's never stopped another sanctimonious pair on the doorstep.

At my folks' house when dds were small and we were all in the garden, a pair of them actually came round to the back, having heard the children and got no answer from the front door.
The cheek of it! They got exceedingly short shrift from my DF.

It’s easy to tell if it’s JWs or Mormons that are door knocking , we had JWs last week , I just say no thanks and shut the door .

Personally I believe that any door knocking for the purposes of touting should be illegal. That way you’d get rid of religious types, charity chuggers companies selling energy/phone/conservatories/ in one hit and you would know that any cold callers were scammers so they’d have to do one as well.

The last JW’s I had round my house I said no thank you but rather than leave when I closed the door they stayed in my garden, and i herd them talking about how sad it was that I’d turned them down because they felt so sure that I could be saved but now I was doomed. I opened the door again and ordered them off my property....

And charity chuggers are rude beyond belief. I had ones round from the Red Cross, and when I pointed out that I wasn’t going to give her money she said “but I don’t want money,” so I pointed out that I wouldn’t be filling in a direct debit either to which she responded extremely rudely “what! Don’t you care about people in the 3rd world???” To which I responded “no!” And shut the door.

And before anyone says they’re just doing their job, yeah, £12 an hour most chuggers get paid. For that kind of money they can work on their bloody attitudes. I’ve spoken to charities who employ them and they say that it’s a fine line, because on the one hand they receive innumerable complaints about them,and on the other they do bring in a lot of money so it’s a difficult path to tread.

I agree nobody should be allowed to knock at the door selling you anything actually the charity ones are more aggressive and manipulartive than any JW i have said no thanks to.

I had a terrible time getting rid of ours.

My aspie teenager - who was about 13 - answered the door to one whilst I was at the local shop. When I returned it transpired that the man had been showing him a video 'about god' and left a leaflet. I was furious as ds is quite gullible. There was no phone number for the local place so I phoned their London headquarters to be put on a no call list.

It didn't work and the people called back to see how ds had been getting on with their leaflet! I phoned London again and was reassured it wouldn't happen again.

A few months later someone called again and I phoned London to tell them that if this didn't stop I was calling the police to complain about them harassing us and that me and ds are autistic and I personally would lose my temper badly with the next person calling at my door. We've had no further callers so far.

I detest these people with a vengeance.

Just remembered the subject of JWs cropping up with my American BIL (sadly no longer with us) who was born Jewish but practised no religion and was anti the lot of it.
I said, 'Why don't you tell them you're Jewish - that'd soon get rid of them.'
In his typically laconic way he said, 'I just tell them to get the fuck out.'

If only I weren't too nice MC English to do the same...

Of course it's not illegal. I don't see the problem personally. Take the leaflet, smile, not, done. Alternatively say no thank you and politely close the door, done. It's a joke issue and would think the same for anybody knocking at the door whether it's politicians canvassing, cold callers or any religious group.