News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]

Most people in Europe are grateful for US defence and for the sacrifices of US soldiers and sailors, But America join the war because ir was attacked - not because of some holy mission to create democracies

In any European democracy if the people wish for a watertight, US style of FreeSpeech then they can vote for a government the promises one.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

You compare yourselves to Guatemala and El Salvador ? (both countries whete US policy has had devastating effects on society by the way) ?

Compare Vermont to the richest parts of France - I dunno sonewhere like Annecy or Aix. It will have a much higher murder rate.

Love / Polish Wife - Common Bank Account in Poland [21]

Fair enough Joker. Apologies - i did not know you were married

Dirk in your scenario who would fund and care for the kids ? Would the wife fave to do it out of this bizarre 35k sum (its not s considerable amount - its one years salary for a Biedronka employee)

Love / Polish Wife - Common Bank Account in Poland [21]

There's not a lot of logic or understanding of Polish law in either of those replies. I don't think either of those guys are married by the way, and they certainly don't live in Poland.

What you have, whether it in a separate bank account or a joint bank account is part of your unified marital assets - if things end up going wrong in the future then all of your assets will be added together.

You could of course salt a few thousand away in a different country and no one is going to spend too much time looking for it, but honestly if you're not able to have trust in your wife at this stage then something is not right - this is the person who will be the mother of your kids, it's important that you feel able to share bank account.

My parents had a, bank account we have a joint, bank account - yes I've got some on my own cash that I spend on things that I don't always want my wife to know about - cigarettes or booze but fundamentally your assets are addee together.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Anywhere on earth apart from say Baltimore, Philly, Atlanta, St Louis, Oakland, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Washington and many others that all have murder rates far higher than London or any other Eurooean towns. The reason is obvious - free availability of guns

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

If yesterday was an average day in the US there would have been 30 gun deaths including plenty of innocent store owners, cab drivers, cops or unlucky bystanders. Worry about making your own streets safe first.

Law / Climate change/environmental businesses or NGOs in Poland [66]

Go ahead then - its a free country.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

You are allowed penknives if you want to open a box. You are not permitted to carry bigger ones unless you have a good reason. Good reason is decided by a judge.

All fairly simple to understand though it does not make for racy headlines.

My guess is that Muslims are proportionately less likely to be involved in these stabbings, many of which are in bars and in arguments about girls. Much of the current wave of violence is among Jamaican and Africans.

Law / Poland's Inheritance Law Without Will [21]

The simple way is for you to buy it from your Grandad. He can then leave the resulting cash to his kids and your aunties debts could be paid off. Also this way you would probably save tax though depends on the details.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Dunno - certainly the
individuals and their parents have a lot to answer for. Not sure I agree that they don't have any life chances - they get a free education, live in one of the richest cities in the world, it's low unemployment at the moment and has been for quite a long time, there is unrivalled culture on their doorsteps. It's certainly more than your average kid in Poland has.

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

You doing your bit Rudy ? Did you find a nice girl yet to bear you six kids ? Its Sunday so why arent you either out in the park with your kids or in bed with your wife working on number 7 ?

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

The people of Britain can vote for that if they think it is a good idea. Honestly I do not think you would find a single British MP, police officer for any mayor or local officiial who would support that view.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Wulkan the maths is clear - in CBOS poll only 11 percent of Polish citizen supported liberalisation of the gun laws.

Given that the same organisation often publishes polls that show support for the ruling party at between 40 and 50% that means that at least 75% of PiS voters support gun control - And that's no surprise, they are conservative people who like to look after their families and live in a safe place.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Correct but we must put off the other 90 percent of criminals as effectively as possible. In Poland even if you are determined then it is very hard to get a firearm illegally - you would need to have a good contact in organised crime.

The numbers of mass shootings in the USA do compare to Islamic terror - in fact they are far higher, in Europe then 56 innocent people were killed by terrorists in 2017, in the US then 58 in Las Vegas alone, just for attending a concert In 2018 so far then 5 in Terror attacks and 17 in the US school shootings. Small samples but just as relevant as comparing New York to London for a sinngle month. Killings are going down in Europe due to better police intelligence and the fact that lots of militants were killed in Syria.

The YouTube shooter would not get a gun in Poland. Background checks and the psych exam would quickly pick up her eccentric YouTube behaviour and the concerns her family had about her. Polish background checks are now extending to social media and checking affiliation to extremist organisations. It is clear that whatever checks are done in the US are meaningless box ticking exercise - no surprise as a proper background check would absorb huge resources when it is millions of people applying for a gun.

This is not a left / right issue - if any of you gun nuts ever visited a Polish small town and stopped 100 PiS voters outside church then they would overwhelmingly be opposed to relaxing the gun laws.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Hardly a riddle - she had a legally acquired semi automatic, took it to a shooting range to practice and then trued to kill a few innocent people at a company who had created some mild inconvenience for her

Thankfully that kind of thing never happens in Poland as they would do thorough backgtound checks and that kind of weapon or ammo would not be available.

Plenty of stabbings are prevented by thr fact that carrying knives is very risky.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Most knives are already banned in the U.K. with stiff penalties, including prison, for carrying an offensive weapon.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Dolno - So in answer to your question yes it does seem that certain groups do think it's hip or manly to be seen with a gun, that this will validate them as a person, make them glamorous and deserving of respect and help them to get women.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

And fortunately the shooting and hunting clubs are extremely picky about who is let in and also have to notify the police and have psychological tests and no criminal records. So all in all far more difficult than the US. And that is just for owning a rifle or hunting weapon - not for owning an A,which is basically impossible unless you are in the Presidents guard.

As for the rest of your post well for me it's job done in the reproduction department. Unfortunately raising your kids well requires a lot more difficulty than being able to squeeze a trigger and take out a squirrel or a prairie hen. You will find that out one day

Not sure what drive a stick means - I will need to google it. If you mean drive a stick shift then that is what almost every Polish driver does, including women god forbid.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Well That's democracy in the US. But in Poland if you want to own a gun, then you are not allowed. That's also democracy - because that's what the democratically elected government of Poland wants.

You think owning a gun makes you a man?

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

But several posts above Dolno has corrected me - Switzerland with the highest firearms ownership in Europe also has a higher rate of shootings. Czech does not have loose firearms laws and it does not have a low rate of gun crime compared to the US. That has been explained many times before with statistics - and it is the reason why no country in Europe wants to relax gun laws.

All of these countries have far lower rates than the US. You can buy guns in Walmart and I don't know what checks are done but probably not enough in 3 days. There should be one check " do you want an AK or an Uzi in your house, near your kids?". If the answer is yes then you should not be allowed one.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

He he fair enough :) every days a school day !

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Of course not - it'needs good police, fair courts and above all citizens that understand their duties and not just harp on about their rights. It does not have to be a homogenous society - Switzerland with 3 major groups has hardly any gun crime, ditto Australia, Canada, Belgium.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

It is a problem in London for sure but those are freak months - last year New York had 290 murders, London 130.

It would be more in London if there were guns.

As for the mayor well people voted for him and they can vote him out too.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

But like the NRA (who also don't often go to college) this guy is merely exercising his right to free speech for something he believes in. That is something he could not do in China or Russia, where the way to influence politics is either via coercion or corruption. Without some level of freedom then the potential of those big countries will always be limited and living standards for the masses will be below the West.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Czech, Switzerland , Norway etc do not have lax gun laws like the States - you can not buy an AK at Tesco, Migros etc. And you certainly can not carry them around in any European country. The level of gun crime in most European countries including France is many times less than in the US. All of that has been discuss3d many times before.

Your "gun facts" graph about the U.K. is ridiculous - in fact 99 percent of guns were banned in Britain from 1920 onwards - in 1996 they banned the other 1 percent, after the only school shooting in history in the U.K. one is too many the govt decided and quite rightly didn't not want any more made me walking around witheasy access to handguns.

The only countries on your graph with higher rates than the US seem to be Central American states and a few places in Africa. Shouldn't you compare yourselves to the other rich democracies ?

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

IS I basically agree with you that life is created at the end moment of conception. This is why I oppose abortion on healthy foetuses.

On those that are not healthy then what is your solution for caring for those children ? Is it the states responsibility or the parents (for sure it is not the church who steps up fort hat) On a practical level then support for these children and their families is virtually non existent. I don't know if it's true because I saw it on my facebook feed but I read the govt even wants to cut refunding of drugs for premature children. The proposed law does not include any extra support for parents.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Wtf - there are some truly weird arguments for guns but this is the weirdest. I am certain that texting while driving cause more deaths than guns in Poland. Thats because gun crime is very rare here. It's rare because guns are strictly controlled.

Next week...smoking kills thousands of Poles a year, maybe we should ban smoking and not guns.

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

The link to their supposed statement does not work - a 404. Might have disappeared or might be more of your fake news

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

Not in Poland it's not. You can only get abortion here under strict circumstances. Most people in Poland think the current law is OK - only the hard line church support the governments proposal.

Planned Parenthood has nothing to do with this proposed law.

USA, Canada / So happy to be Polish-American [49]

Welcome !

I asked because there were a large number if untrue things in your few sentances -

Poland does not have the lowest crime rate in Europe, far from it. There are 13 EU countries with lower crime indexes including some like Austria and Netherlands that have substantial immigrant populations

Poland has strict gun control laws - thankfully there is almost zero public support for relaxing them.

Russia has a large population of Muslims - 9m, way more than any other European nation. Many are well integrated and have been for many generations there. Some were probably there when the Poles briefly held Moscow.

You are probably mixing Slovakia with Hungary in your discussion of immigration.

As for the stuff about atrocities then whole immigration is a huge challenge for Europe, there is little to back up your claim about unrecorded ones but plenty of other threads if you want to stir things up on a continent far from your own house.