[This is an excerpt from an email I got from a shooter in Poland - some of you may recall the debate a few years ago on whether handguns should be legalised there since the fall of Communism.] From: "Pawel Garlak" The pistol law in Poland is still very restrictive. It is really hard to get a licence. There are two kinds of permission. 1. You must belong to a shooters club and you have your own "device" (you can't carry the gun loaded and/or carry ammo in the magazines on your way to the shooting field). But you can shoot :)) 2. You have received a permission to own the gun to protect yourself. (It is very, very hard to get it. You must be a jewellery shop owner or someone like this, but even that does not guarantee the permission.) To try to get permission you have to: 1 be employed 2 no problems with police (ever) 3 no alcohol or drug problems (ever) - police will ask your neighborhoods and visit your house. 4 no psychiatric problems or illness (ever) 5 have a home address in your own name 6 pass the gun rules examination 7 pass the psychiatric examination (it takes one day) 8 pass the health examination (you have to be as healthy as a jet pilot:))) 9 get the opinion from your shooting club that you are a good shooter and you need your own gun. ETC.>>>>>>> -- Still less restrictive than the UK then! By my reading only the Republic of Ireland has more restrictive gun laws than the UK in Europe. Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
