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


I don't know any US state with its own military. Not even Texas.

and, btw, France allows much more than just hunting weapons, with a permit: any revolver and pistol, centrefire or rimfire, of a non-military calibre, short rifles having a total length of less than 80cm or a barrel length of less than 45cm, semi-automatic rifles with more than three shots capacity, repeater rifles with a magazine capacity of more than ten shots, riot guns with over five-shot capacity, semi-automatic or repeating military lookalikes, and disguised arms such as pen guns.

And I still don't know, with everyone arguing who can carry what, what is so bad about liberalizing gun laws in Poland.

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


as soon as they get the congress to pass a swift amendment to the constitution...

No president, in their right mind, would orders the US military to stand against the US citizens...

from Wikipedia:
Austria
Guns are divided into four categories:
Category A - Forbidden weapons: Pump action shotguns, fully automatic weapons, semi automatic and other rifles when considered military weapons as well as disguised weapons.

Category B - Weapons requiring permission: Semi automatic long weapons for sporting and hunting, repeating (non-pump action) and semi automatic shotguns and weapons shorter than 60 cm in overall length (i.e. pistols and revolvers). Semi automatic long weapon models are required to be verified as civilian-legal before this category applies to them, otherwise they are considered category A. A permission can either be a hunting license, gun ownership license ("Waffenbesitzkarte", for sporting, collecting and self-defense at home or work) or a carry permit ("Waffenpass", for carrying a loaded weapon outside of the owner's home or workplace), with the ownership license being the most common way to category B gun ownership.

Category C - Weapons requiring registration: Break action guns and all repeating rifles (i.e. bolt-, lever- or pump action). All Austrian and European Economic Area citizens aged 18 or over can freely buy and own this type of weapon, but ownership has to be registered at a licensed dealer or gunsmith within 6 weeks of purchase.

Category D - Weapons free from registration: Non-repeating shotguns. Again, every Austrian or EEA citizen at the age of 18+ can buy and own this type of weapon without further registration or permission.

And, if you didn't know, you do need a permit to carry a weapon in the US. Just because you can own something, doesn't mean you can carry it into stores and other public places.

back to weapons laws in Poland - what is the downside of less gun control?

Life / Positive things which make a Pole stand out positively in the World! [30]

really???

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


Perhaps it has something to do with how the immigrants feel about the country. A lot of people come to the US and they want to become American, because they buy into the American Dream. Is there a French Dream? A British Dream? That's why the Moroccans stay Moroccan, and the Pakis stay Pakis.

And I agree, the local authorities shouldn't make special accommodations for foreigners (frankly, we do sometimes, and it's regrettable) but, at the same time, if the French weren't feeling so snotty and superior to everyone else, I bet the immigrants wouldn't be so defensive and go to the other extreme.

Love / How do Polish men feel about gender equality? [780]


lol
at this point, I'd be surprised if anyone would go out with him if he didn't pay them cash to do so

I think the absolute worst


have to do with


think of all the money Zimmy could save if he didn't have to pay to see certain female parts

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]

In fact, monounsaturated fatty acids found in olive oil and avocados that lower heart attack risk and aid in cancer prevention are in the brisket of a corn-fed cow, too. There was a Texas A&M study not so long ago, for real, that showed that brisket has nearly as much oleic acid as olive oil. If you've ever been to Texas, you know brisket is one of our major food groups, so yee-haw!

On the other hand, also for real, the corn-feeding of cows and other industrial forms of farming is really bad for the environment and quite inhumane for the livestock.

So I've decided to eat brisket only on Good Friday, pierogis (in very small, traditional Polish portions of half a pierogi and half a liter of potato vodka with beets, lard, and sauerkraut) on weekdays, and on weekends we'll fly to London to have the full English: black pudding

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding

baked beans, and fried bread. Yum!

Life / Uptight Poles [262]


would that be in the documnentary or the horror movie category?

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

Can you elaborate on how they're dominating you? Anyone jumping you, telling you to bend over and be gay?

Life / Uptight Poles [262]


Yeah. I told you there is no god, and you get all up in arms about it. You're insisting on your religious beliefs, and I don't care. You can worship whatever you can possibly come up with, god, calf, or a gopher. As long as you're not making me do the same.


Did anyone hold you at d*ckpoint to join their parade? Don't you get it? There is nothing more righteous, honorable, or commendable about your parades than theirs. You think throwing flower petals around makes your god happy. They think walking around in groups wearing flowery dresses makes them happy. They have an opinion, you have an opinion. The ONLY difference is, there's more of YOU than there is of THEM, so you think you can gang up on them and impose your morals on them.This doesn't make you right, it makes you hypocritical.


. Guess what, no practicing gay can accept Catholicism. So you're even.


. How magnanimous of you! Lucky them! They should drop to their knees and sing their Hallelujahs, right? You know, I'm sure they care as much about your forgiveness as you care about theirs. So get over your righteousness and "tolerance."


No. Do you read much at all? Or do all of your ideas come out of your a*s? Or did the priest tell you what to believe about it, too?


if you find truth offensive, it's not my problem. and, btw, doesn't your manual say, "But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Consider yourself smitten. Now, write something back and get the other cheek ready...

Real Estate / Poland land ownership documents - what do they look like / where to obtain [15]

did you ask the court? do you know if there is a cost associated?

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]


lol, you know, it's legal in this country to leave food on your plate.

so, Antek, you're quoting my question but you're not answering it.

Life / Uptight Poles [262]


First I thought I'd just ignore you but maybe I'll tell you something seriously.

Seriously, no clue what you're talking about regarding the Linux people. In fact, the rest of it doesn't make much sense, either.


Yeah, I know. In fact, they don't care so vehemently and so strongly, they'll drown you in holy water if you say there is no God. THERE IS NO GOD. YOUR GOD CAN KISS MY AMERICAN A*S. Now let's wait and see what happens...


I was replying to GrzegorzK, who said that Polish people, because of their Catholic religion, are not tolerant of gays. Now, you're saying, you are tolerant, if only gays would hide that they're gay, stay quiet, and conform to the rest of your norms... Very tolerant, indeed. Do you know what it means to live in a free country? It means that if you want to have public masses and carry around your Virgin Mary statues and do other medieval nonsense like that, the gays can do their parades. Freedom of thought means freedom for the thought you hate. Come to America. You can say all kinds of stuff here, and nobody can tell you to shut up.


I don't know, either, but GrzegorzK had a lot of problems with it, and then he was bragging his d*ck was bigger than mine... One can only hope so.


oh, wow, yeah, that proves it... yup, it's a conspiracy, big as all hell and half of Texas. No doubt about it!
Did they come up with dictionaries yet in East Bumblef*ck... er.. I mean, Brwinow? Then look up "c-l-i-m-a-t-e." Then look up "w-e-a-t-h-e-r."

If dumb was dirt, you'd cover about an acre...

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]

so why do you think it is that there are over a thousand Mexican restaurants in Houston (well, that part is not very surprising...), hundreds of Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese, or Indian, a few dozen French, Cajun, Creole, Greek, Thai, or Pakistani, at least a dozen Brazilian, Cuban, or Spanish, seven Turkish ones, four Afghan ones, three Ethiopian (!), a bunch of ones I can't even think of now, and only ONE Polish restaurant? You can't argue that there are more Ethiopians in Houston than Poles, and I wouldn't expect Ethiopian food to be spectacular.

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]

I agree with the processed foods part.

There is good fat and bad fat, though. When you fry your chicken wings, you basically replace water with oil, which doesn't make the chicken more nutritious at all (and then if you smother the whole thing in batter (=salt + carbohydrates), and then pour bbq sauce over it (=sugar), it gets even worse); or, you could just grill it - no added fat. Then there's saturated fat, like lard or butter, and non-saturated fat, like olive oil. No-fat diet is a stupid idea, but one should still choose their fat wisely :)

I'm not buying the conspiracy theory, though. I understand that the food industry is trying their best to manipulate people into buying what they sell, no argument there. How is America different from other developed countries, though, in that respect? You educate yourself on what's good for you, and then you make sure you eat in moderation.

(btw, the best food that ever came out of Poland is E. Wedel chocolate. There is a store next to the Polish restaurant where we can buy it here. The chocolate is awesome. Nothing like the disgusting Hershey crap, and so much better than anything Belgian or German I ever had)

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]

so the point you're trying to make is that Polish food, even though it's fatty and starchy, is still more nutritious because it's not processed

Feedback / Why PolishForums? Give us your stories! [60]

I need some help with local customs. Does it help with throwing trash at people if one puts a smiley face at the end of the sentence?

Or is it a purely PF thing to do?

as in
Go f*ck yourself :)
Kiss my Yankee a$s (^_^')
No, you're not getting a visa XOXO!

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]


no, it doesn't. there is nothing in therms of the benefits that the US military can give the families that can equalize the pain and anguish. That's why it's called a sacrifice, what all those men and women are doing, for an idea of a country that very few people outside the US would understand. And that's why we owe them respect, instead of calling them fools or mercenaries and making glib jokes.

The benefits are just a token. Obviously, a lot of people would rather forget about the sacrifice, and translate everything in terms of money and what they can get "out of the system."

Feedback / Why PolishForums? Give us your stories! [60]

Merged: Why are you on PF?

So far, I have identified the following categories of people posting here. What do you think?

1. Non-Poles who live abroad and want to share their experiences
2. Non-Poles who live abroad but got frustrated and don’t give a flying f--- any more and just make fun of dumb people.
3. Non-Poles who are transitioning from category 1 to category 2
4. Poles who pretend to be non-Poles
5. Poles who have never been anywhere and talk out of their a-s, like G-------K
6. Poles who secretly hate being Polish, trash everyone to make themselves feel better (like the Poles in the UK who trash Pakis, or those who say they hate America but then whine they can’t get a visa)

7. Poles who haven’t lived abroad for long, or have but are particularly dense, and are slightly less clueless than category 5, but still tend to talk out of their a-s

8. Poles who have lived abroad for a while and appreciate the differences
9. Non-Poles who live in Poland and hate themselves for it
10. Non-Poles who live in Poland and stopped giving a flying f--- and make fun of dumb people
11. Non-Poles who went bananas and try to be more Polish than native Poles themselves
12. People who are totally ignorable, never say anything interesting or new, only chime in with random posters (M-------a)
13. People who are plain demented (S------s), socially awkward (Jar---a), and other rejects.

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]

never tried it, to be honest. did try the blood sausage, lol... it doesn't taste bad, once you get over the thought of what you're eating... some vodka helps :)

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]


in fact, she will; legal help, money, medical benefits, lower taxes, a lot of really good "stuff"

sometimes, the "fool" is a woman. glad to tell you the "hubby" would get all the good "stuff" too

Food / Polish food at home or out? [57]


We have a Polish restaurant in Houston, we go there once a while. It's called Polonia, if you're ever in the neighborhood. It's a very interesting place. They serve all the "signature" Polish dishes: potato pancakes, pierogis, golonka, cabbage rolls, meatloaf, zurek, pork chops, dumplings, blood sausage, bigos, beet soup, crepes, paczki... There is not one single healthy thing on the menu. I mean, nothing. Even the salads are slathered with mayo and sugar.

It's good comfort food, though, but it looks labor-intensive to prepare, so I never ask for recipes.

And it's true, too, that here the cheap food is definitely not worth eating. You can stuff yourself like a pig for $5 but you won't get anything that's good for you. That's why it's cheap, it's a disease waiting to happen. The kind of food that people actually want to eat is a little more expensive but way more flavorful and nutritious. It's a marketplace, like with anything else, supply and demand.

I haven't really checked that, but I would venture a statement that Americans eat out more than other countries and the percentage of income we spend on food is still smaller.

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]

LOL!!
I guess, strangely enough, hard as it is to admit for many, coming here is in the back of a lot of people's minds.

c'mon, people, just spit it out, we'll understand, lol....

Love / How do Polish men feel about gender equality? [780]

the Siberian exile was supposed to be selective...

anyway, I thought that gender inequality was fake? if it's fake, how can it deteriorate?
have you read that part at all?
"Some scholars claim that the communist experiment was nothing more than an instance of “forced emancipation” and that women’s incorporation into public life was “insincere” because it was motivated by economical interests, rather than by gender equality concerns (Ashwin 2006). In spite of the heavily propagandised gender equality in the sphere of paid employment, the reality of the labour market was far from gender-neutral. For example, the state socialist system did not manage to challenge gendered job segregation and wage gaps. Although different laws contained an explicit provision prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender, at the same time there were legislative provisions that aimed to protect motherhood (e.g. shorter working hours, longer maternity leaves, restriction on work at nights and performing jobs involving hard manual labour). While such legislation was intended as a privilege and reward for bearing children, it ensured women’s rights only through the virtue of motherhood and ended up being discriminatory. In addition, under communism, the gender-neutral stipulations in different laws (e.g. family laws) were completely absent. Fathers, for example, were not encouraged to share responsibilities for raising children and there was no official notion of the paternity leave (Paci 2002). The lack of gender-neutral legislation contributed to the strong legacy of traditionalism in attitudes towards the family and gender roles. Furthermore, some gender equality and women’s rights questions, such as sexual harassment and domestic violence, were not regulated by law and were absent from public discussions (Spehar 2007). Thus, in communist countries, women were empowered and disempowered at the same time by gender policies and cultural praxis."


oh, you mean separate but equal? yeah, we tried that before...

anyway, I'm done with this thread, it's like trying to explain the difference between green and red to someone who's colorblind

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]


you're right, I forgot about that.

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]


Probably. As I already explained (and so did Fuzzy), you have to have a green card to join the military in the first place. Which means you're already a permanent resident. The citizenship itself is not so difficult to achieve at this point already, it's only a matter of time and some paperwork. The military saves you doing the paperwork yourself and a little bit of time.

There are multiple reasons why people join the military:
1. they're always hiring
2. it's a job with training and benefits and, as such, a good opportunity for a lot of young kids who wouldn't get that someplace else, or might not have money for college

3. being in the military is extremely respected here
4. sometimes kids plain don't know what they want to do, the military gives them a direction and a chance for moving up in a career.

I don't know much about the foreign legion.

Love / How do Polish men feel about gender equality? [780]

"Gender equality policy development in post-communist Central- and Eastern Europe. Good or bad for women?"

"End of communism hasn't helped Polish women - but there is no nostalgia"

guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/08/polish-women-communism-bet ter-equality

and, from my own neck of the woods:
"Women, Minorities Largely Absent from Fortune 500 Corporate Boards"

shrm.org/hrdisciplines/Diversity/Articles/Pages/WomenMinori tiesLargelyAbsent.aspx

(I hope you can access it, some of the content on this site is for members only)

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]

I'm not sure I know what you're asking about, regarding mercenaries. Can you elaborate?

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]


Likely so, yes. If one goes back to Poland and gets in trouble somehow, they might stick it on top of their sentence, if one gets convicted, but the optics of it might not be the most positive, and I can see the authorities being reluctant to do that. I guess it would depend on the nature of the charge, too, and whether the military in question is for a current enemy.

On a day to day basis, I can't imagine the Polish border patrol asking for people's resumes in addition to their passports.

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]

thanks

Oh, I see. I think other countries have that sort of thing, too. I can see the rationale behind it but it's not enforceable at all, both from a practical standpoint as well as official foreign relations.

I know Polish people serving in the US military who went back to Poland to visit (as well as file some official paperwork with the local authorities) the and nobody cared about their military service as far as I know, although perhaps the German army would have a lot more Polish people enlisted, and I don't know anyone, whether they have issues or not.

Besides, if you think about it from the perspective of the individual, they're here for a new life, they already left Poland behind probably a while ago, the US military does offer pretty good opportunities (if you're ok with the fighting part, of course), and it's a very respectable occupation, too, I don't think that regulation is much of a deterrent, in real life.

USA, Canada / US citizenship via US Army [50]

I know a lawyer who works for the US Navy on immigration issues (he works for us, too, and is really good). It's not an Afghanistan thing, or even a recent thing, either.

You have to have a green card (the card is not really green, btw, it's more of a pinkish color...) in the first place. The "fast track" means they'll do the paperwork for you, which might save you a couple hours, and send it in for faster processing, which might save you a couple weeks of wait time. You still need to meet all the criteria as everyone else, and pass the civics test, etc.

As for spouses and children - you have to be a permanent resident for a certain number of years before you can apply for citizenship, I don't remember if it's three or five. If your wife has had her green card for that long, and you're still in the military, and you're buddies with the lawyer, he or she will probably help you with the stuff for you spouse, too. With children, it depends. If they're born in the US, they're citizens. If not, it's the same story, although naturalization for children is a much easier process.

It's a nice benefit IF you're in the military already (and there are a lot of immigrants there) but I doubt anyone will enlist just for that.

what was it about the 5 years in jail?