Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
And that jon is your mistaken thinking on display. Putin is not going to nuke territory he wants back within the fold. That would make the territory and people in it useless. If he wanted to nuke anyone, Kiev would already be a wasteland. Would he nuke London? Maybe, but not European lands he covets.

Most gun ownership comes in the form of long guns, not just in the US, but in Europe, Poland specifically. A pistol will only be good in small areas. Rifles now, you can pick off an Orc from quite a good distance if you are training and practicing. I would not argue for handgun proliferation.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

And when an Orc comes to your neighborhood, you will offer him what? Your a$$, your wife, your daughter, or will you be crying tears of joy that your neighbor offered him a bullet to the head?

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
You are simply stupid. You dont address my questions yet seek to delfect. Go grab an rainbow flag and start marching on your own. You do not speak for Poland. There is no voting and clearly defined majority, only a poll which means nothing. Believe polls? Hilary was going to win and PiS will win the next election. How accurate are polls? Not very.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
Hey dummy, point out one time when I said laws should be changed. I said only that procedures should be modernized and streamlined. Your mental midget assesment is really mindblowing. In the real world Poland is next to a war zone. Pull your head out of your a$$ or what ever LGBTQ XYZ thing you are with and look at what is happening. You fvcking idiot peace love and happiness left wing drum bangers are not in touch with reality. No wonder everyone else on this board gives you so much $hit.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
You are delusional. You cant even comprehend context of writing. Indeed, this is why the left has such a hard time convincing people they should lead.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
Realy? Self defense is specifically one of the cited reasons for gun ownership. Looks like you need to get familiar with the laws. Fingerprint safes do not meet what requirement? I was just in a gun shop in Krakow where they are the best sellers. Again looks like you need to get a better understanding of the law. Everybody else? You have notes from the rest of Polands populace? WTF are you smoking?

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
You really need to get a grip on yourself. The process is reasonable, the time in which it takes to complete it, is not.

If you are well versed with your weapon, going to the process to defend yourself with it and an intruder, you will not have a problem. Fingerprint safes make it not only safer, but faster if needed. Takes less than 30 seconds, and that is plenty of time.

Do you even live in Poland? One such shooting took place in a pub less than two blocks off rynek less than 4 blocks from the police department. Krakow in general is very low crime, but in the last five years, there has been a lot more than before. Notice I only speak about where I live, not about what I think people in other places should do or what some people claim a majority wants. Majority can only be determined by an actual vote. Like PiS got a majority, just barely, but that doesn't mean the oppositions voice or opinions do not matter.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
No one has a right to own a firearm. I am not proposing this. People should have the option of going through a reasonable process if they want one. Right now, the process is not reasonable in the amount of time it takes. Imagine someone losing their life because of a former spouse killing them in their home while they were in their fifth month of waiting for a home visit. That is entirely possible. Lets not be living in la la land either. Plenty of shootings these days in Poland, plenty of guns available if you want one. Multiple shootings in Krakow in the last few weeks. Three of them connected to people who were former military. The laws are not perfect, and need to be updated to meet todays changing world. What happens if things with Russia get serious for Poland? Think there will be all the red tape when it comes to arming citizens for defense? Not a chance. I hope it doesnt happen, but if it does, you will wish you or your neighbors could protect themselves.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
I am not saying that psych evaluations should be done on line. But the documents should be uploaded and verified on line, like uploading documents to KRS and then verifying them. Records checks are easy, the government does them on every temporary or permanent resident, they are mandatory and it only takes a few days. Home visits and safe verification should be in person, but it shouldnt take six months or more. That is simply people being lazy.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
Your opinion is not a majority. You can only know the level of support by taking a real vote. Otherwise, a poll taken with a majority of people in Warsaw is going to be very different from one in Zakopane. I am not advocating for easier, it is not that difficult to jump through the hoops. Streamling the process though is only the right thing to do if you are making the process difficult to get through to begin with. No one should be delayed for months for anything especially considering Polands use of technology. This is not an opinion matter on gun ownership or not, simply a matter of modernizing the process. Prescription medcation is completely modernized here but so much other very important items are not.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@jon357
Not most people because you dont have the opinions of all people. Many people yes, but you cannot say most. And for those who are capable the system should be quicker. So should the automobile licensing system and multiple other systems. This is not a matter of left or right wing politics, it is simply a matter of leaving the Fing dark ages in a lot of government offices. Fifty Fing stamps on a piece of paper to take the same piece of paper to another office to fill out another form to go back to the fist office for fifty more Fing stamps. Yet, you can file papers with the court electronically and verify with your banking app? Please. Give the politics a rest and just streamline the system for guns and many other things.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Polls are all subjective. While I would agree a majority of Polish citizens are happy with the gun laws as they are, and frankly I am too, the process is cumbersome and slow. One of the things I love about Poland is how the government uses technology and how document verification and other important process's can be carried out through your banking applications. This same process should be used in gun licensing. Uploading the appropriate documents with verifications should be easy to do. The problem is that the process takes far too long because it still relies on too many people to get through the process.

We all know how government works here. It takes forever to get anything done. As an example it has taken three months to get approval for a Fing sign on my building for one of my operations. Three months for a sign? Insane. Why? Because people like to FO and go on vacations, and work slowly, and generally not GAF about what other people are trying to do. Now, if that process would be updated, I think many people on both sides would be happier and this discussion would be not nearly as devisive.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

@Cargo pants
This is what I have been saying. When I go to the range, there are more and more people nearly every time. To say there is no interest in firearms or firearm ownership in Poland is simply burrying your head in the sand to what is actually happening around you.

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

@johnny reb
The power grid would be wiped out completely. A lot of personal electronics not connected to the grid at the time would survive, but if the grids for all internet, communications and power are down they wont be much use unless you have solar or wind capability. It will take years to re-establish all those grids one at a time, starting with those that service industry for parts. Civilian interests would come last.

@jon357
The problem is that you are ignoring the ease in which they are now becoming available, and the rising instances in which people could use protection. Keep your head in the sand if you want, but that would be foolish.

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

An EMP over any country would be devastating. Not so much for personal use electronics per se, but for the grid they are on. NATO has them and so does Russia. If one of those were to be let off, the only way to build weapons at that point is to machine them by hand, and then you will wish everyone knew how to use a weapon.

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

@jon357
You do realize it is getting easier to get weapons in Poland, don't you? I go to the range regularly and more and more people are bringing their own weapons. Some days there are wait times. If you think civilians should not be trained how to use weapons, then you will likely be one of the first dead if something happens. Don't want to protect yourself or your family that's on you, but you shouldn't try to limit anyone else protecting themselves or their family if the Orcs come to Poland. If you don't believe that is a real possibility, then you are not very intelligent.

Oh and just for arguments sake, two shootings in Krakow just last week. One road rage incident, one in a pub less than three blocks from the police station on rynek. Both instances were Poles.

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

@johnny reb
I don't see food shortages happening here. Too much agriculture here, and a lot of history in keeping products as local as possible. If Poland develops a serious handgun or rifle, people will buy that first. Lots of pride in everything they do here.

But if it is his forum it explains some things, and the woke agenda is like a bad lingering fart in Poland. It isn't staying or making a real impact. Thankfully.

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

@pawian
Funny, I don't remember mentioning you. Interesting though how you think you needed to respond.

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

I find it very interesting that some people posting here celebrating the Polish purchase and manufacturing of arms and ammunition are the same people preaching about gun control in other instances. A bit hypocritical IMO. While I also am very pleased about the Polish commitment to defense, I think every Pole should embrace at least basic training with firearms in todays world. Not a comment about hunting or anything other than Poles being able to defend themselves. Those who think the risk is minimal or not real need to wake up.

Life / What are utility costs for a small business [11]

@Lulzkiller
In Krakow location is the key. High traffic and full-time residents are critical. If you do not speak Polish you need to get someone who does. While nearly everyone speaks some English, many are not confident with using it, and some will refuse, not out of rudeness, but simply out of lack of confidence. Areas outside of Rynek each have their own feel, and some are loaded with expats that would help, but some are all students or short term rentals and that can be very hard.

Life / What are utility costs for a small business [11]

@Lulzkiller
There is a middle eastern market in Hala Targowa that is doing alright so far. I know there is an Asian store in Kazimierz and a Korean store just outside of Rynek. Both are doing fairly well when I have gone by them.

Life / What are utility costs for a small business [11]

@Lulzkiller
Tourists are not generally grocery shopping, they are dining out. Your rent is cheap enough though, so depending on location you might do alright. A lot will depend on the street you are on, the foot traffic, and if there are full time residents that can shop with you in the area. If you rely on tourists for a majority of business you will be very disappointed. Tourism in Krakow is down 75% since pre pandemic numbers.

Life / What are utility costs for a small business [11]

@Cargo pants
Utilities should be around 1500 to 2000 a month including everything. Thats winter cost with heat. In summer should be lower unless using air-conditioning. I have 150 sq meter restaurant in Krakow, most expensive month including trash removal was about 7000 this year.

News / Mr President Joe Biden comes to Poland again [177]

@Joker
Lets be honest here and not try to color facts because we do not like one side or the other.

Afghanistan - Trump planned the exit, and Biden extended the time or it would have been even worse
Open Borders - Goes back fifty years with immigration problems
Fentanyl - Problem started under Bush
Child indoctrination - A real American problem started under Obama nd has been extremely accelerated under Biden. Bad for America and bad for the world.

Wokeism - See above
Bipartisan Baloney - See Clinton impeachment and special counsel
Kowtowing to China - See the last ten presidents
Giving in to Iran - no such thing
Destroying Our Energy Independence - myth
10% for the big guy.- Tmakes no sense
Most Non transparent admin - Nixon

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

@Paulina
Left wing has nothing to do with anti-cleric agenda and everything to do with the woke agenda. Congratulations to them and their one child, perhaps two more will make an impact? Romantic? Any couple not talking about having children and the conditions of which they want in a relationship to facilitate that are going to have a disastrous relationship. Its called having real conversations at a mature level. People with left wing view in Poland are growing and that is directly in proportion with population decline. Spend any time in any big city in Poland and you will see thousands of childless women past childbearing age who are successful in their careers, going out with the girls on Saturday night. Congratulations on their unfulfilled and empty homes, they sure can go shopping for all those designer clothes that will keep them company at night. They dont need a man. Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

@Lenka
My wife specifically said, when dating and as a condition of marriage that I had to allow her to stay home and raise the kids as long as she wanted and at least until they were all in preschool. If I could not afford, or was not willing to do this, she would not have married me. Many women say these things, only the woke people want to ignore the growing number of women saying exactly these things.

Dismissive attitude? Maybe, but I am not concerned with anyone else's perception of my attitude. Your assumption about women in relationships is completely not in line with the facts. Women within the far left are not in marriages or relationships that could result in children. They are alone because they make that choice. They don't need a man to make them happy. And they replace the man with a vibrator, not in addition to.

I see you though. You are on the fence on these issues. You want to think the best of the woke society, but you know everything they are doing is not right. I tried to accept them with their fvcked up views too, but they have gone too far. The left and the far left point of view is directly impacting population decline, and the longer it goes on the worse it will become.

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

@Lenka
Well then you never met my wife or any of her friends who were adamant about staying home until the children were in pre-school if not longer. There is a growing group of people that fit this demographic. I never said it was the majority group, only that it is a growing group that realize societal values are going into the toilet.

The birth rates are directly impacted by leftists raising the few children they do have. They are brought up with different values and many continue on not only as leftist but become extremists. Women, as feminists are less attractive to strong men. This is just a fact. Our attitude is simply that if you want to do it all on your own and think you can, then go right ahead and do it, but do it alone. And you see more and more of these women single, childless, and over 40 now wishing they may have done things differently.

No kids, and no husband, but hey how is that career and vibrator at night treating you? You can always become a lesbian though and celebrate your freedom to be one. Or maybe you prefer to chop off your breasts and try being a man? Maybe identifying as a giraffe is more your style? Or perhaps you are unsure if you are a gay lion or a heterosexual piranha? The leftist position is not only contributing to birthrate decline it is embarrassing to the human race. Granted it is not all about Poland, but every day the influence of the US grows in Poland, and nearly every problem Poland has now socially has come from the US. The only difference is that the US has no population decline because of immigration, Poland does not.

These are real demographics. People don't want to talk about these things because they are uncomfortable, and challenge the political narrative being brought by special interest groups and extremists. The political narrative and policies of the extreme left are fvcking insane to any rational thinking human being.

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

@Lenka
If you think those opinions are not imported from the US then it is not acknowledging the obvious.

It all has to do with the same leftist woke movement. They are all connected. If you want equal rights for women, how can you ignore the other people? Leftist ideology is all tied together. Why do you think men skew more to the right? It's not because any man gaf about what gays do in the privacy of their own home, or that women have the right to vote or that other basic truths in life just exist. It is because what the left asks most people to do defies the natural order of things. So what do you think would happen if men suddenly said to women, "you're right, we are going to make the following changes.....But you have to give up all the other un-natural arguments and discussion points trans, lgbtq and other items that offend the right." How many women or leftists will go for that? My guess is close to zero because they all have tied themselves together with all the un-natural causes.

These are just my opinions and observations, and I could be wrong. Then again, there are a lot more people that think this way and that makes the left uncomfortable. More and more men and women daily are tired of these discussions and find the agenda of the leftists simply unnatural. When social media influencers, women, start saying that feminists and leftists have gone too far, then you have people starting to talk honestly. When a man, who simply wants to work, protect, support and take care of his family is called a misogynist, the world has reached a very unsafe place. All of these opinions and discussions have a direct impact on birth rates because people form opinions and ideas based upon the information they have, and then they act on those ideas. Like not having children because they cant have "their life" if they do. Birth rate decline is less about actually child bearing and more about how we raise the children that are actually born.

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

@Lenka
I am not disputing the poll numbers at all. Polls are what they are, a small section targeted to illicit a response, sometimes targeted to get the response the pollster is looking for. That said, it could be completely accurate.

What I love about Polish women in general is that they are well educated. It is refreshing to have intelligent conversations with women here when most are open to actually discussing things and are not hardened into a position on any subject. Most recently though, there has been an adoption of extreme views by many people and those views are taken largely from what is happening in the US. And in case people didn't notice, the US could erupt into a civil war over what's going on and almost did last January.

When a man or woman makes a sexually charged joke in the workplace, it is sexual harassment. But when an adult teacher is telling 6 yr olds about trans, gay and other lifestyles in the classroom it is called education? Do we see how completely fvcked up the standards are? Just because some people want something does not make it the right thing or make it ok. What about the woman who identified as "blind" who dumped chemicals in her eyes to make it happen? Or the man who chopped his arm off because he "identified" as disabled? Or people now identifying as children when they are adults? My point being is that when you open pandora's box, you can't put all the bull$hit back in.

The idea that men and women are equal does not hold water either way. Women will never physically dominate men, and men will never be as emotionally or mentally adept at handling raising children. Sure, there are outlier cases. So, when you take this issue of declining population and try tying it with discussion about work, equal pay, rights for men and women, you get a big mess. The feminist wants and way of life wanted by the extremists will never come to pass because they are un-natural. Just like acceptance of 50 yr old men identifying as 6 yr olds and attending kindergarten will never come to pass. The sooner people wake up and realize that what is best for humanity, and population sustainability is the natural direction of XX and XY roles, the sooner the world will return to balance.

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

@Paulina
I am not ignoring anything other than the insane far left agenda. Fair for everyone in anything does not exist. The idea of a utopian world with equal rights, and everything else being equal is called socialism. Socialism has been proven to not work. Since the beginning of time, there have always been men and women who were better than others at certain tasks. Those people became leaders because of their natural ability. This will never change. There is a very large section, one that is growing, of women who want to return to more traditional roles and values systems. There is nothing wrong with that. Traditional roles and values lead to population growth in the past and would likely do the same today.

PiS had a good basic idea with 500+ when it comes to declining birth rate, but it wasn't enough. The PiS anti small business economic policies should have changed to promote small business growth and rewarded new fathers on the job as well. If you want more children, by definition, you want more and stronger family units. Creating an environment for all of this requires strong economic policy to support family and population growth. Maybe give families reduced tax rates while children are still living at home? Maybe combine some of what @GefreiterKania suggested with a reward for women who stay at home raising the children? Or some combination of ideas?

One thing is for sure though. Men and women are not equal competitors. As much as the left wants to even the playing field, they cannot do it when women do not match men when it comes to physical labor. Without men doing the heavy lifting, society crumbles. If women stop teaching and things like this, we end up with a dumber society, but society remains and grows. If you have ever been to a ghost town, a modern one, they all have one thing in common. When men stop taking care of the city or village, it only takes a few months before things start to fail, and in a few years, nature reclaims what remains. Nature in the end will always win, and it will in this discussion as well.