shooting as a sport in poland

Lotnik767:

Yes I’m talking about legal and responsible people that are able to have guns not like some idiot gangster wana be! And as for every thing going thro Poland well they really should have some honest people to stop illegal gun and drug smuggling!

sledz:

I have never misused my firearms and never will....
A gun is a tool just like anything else, I would agree with you on better background checks on people that want to purchase a firearm.

chokoyThreads: 3 Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 1, 08	Dec 1, 08, 09:15 / #
hi everyone, anybody into target shooting as a sport? i live in swietochlowice and can hardly find a shooting range. thanks

Lotnik767Threads: 6 Posts: 210 Joined: Nov 12, 08	Dec 1, 08, 09:27 / #
I love target shooting!! But I live in the US and we have a lot of gun ranges hear! I'm not sure about your situation but if you live close to a forest then got there to shoot!!

loco polacoThreads: 3 Posts: 421 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Dec 1, 08, 09:34 / #
Lotnik767: then got there to shoot!! better rethink that. guns and shooting are stricktly controlled in PL and a move like that would definitely land you in jail. look into the laws and then find a shooting club as that is the only way you'll be legally able to shoot, if you have a gun that is.

chokoyThreads: 3 Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 1, 08	Dec 1, 08, 09:37 / #
left the US last Feb. i used to shoot alot at the NRA shooting range at fairfax, va. because i live like 3 miles away from the range. i have an fwb p30 air pistol and a colt gold cup series 80 cal. 45 acp. on a regular day i shoot with my hi-standard .22 cal but if i feel like getting wild i shoot my sks. here in poland it's hard to acquire a gun. seems like they don't trust their citizens maturity in handling a gun.

sledzThreads: 29 Posts: 3,202 Joined: Sep 19, 06	Dec 1, 08, 09:38 / #
chokoy: anybody into target shooting as a sport? yeah, Hell ya I like to shoot skeet:) I`m very gratefull that I live in a country that allows such freedom

loco polacoThreads: 3 Posts: 421 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Dec 1, 08, 09:40 / #
chokoy: seems like they don't trust their citizens maturity in handling a gun. americans sure don't really seem trustworthy of gun ownership either. there are basically 0 murders in poland.. how about good ol' us of a?

chokoyThreads: 3 Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 1, 08	Dec 1, 08, 09:42 / #
men... i hope i can find a nice range with a reasonable price soon.... my hands are shaking and i think i need a dose of that sweet gun powder smell :(

Lotnik767Threads: 6 Posts: 210 Joined: Nov 12, 08	Dec 1, 08, 10:12 / #
I wish Poland had a second amendment like in US the right to bear arm, love it!!!

ukpolskaThreads: 51 Posts: 2,159 Joined: Oct 23, 06 MEMBER	Dec 1, 08, 10:16 / #
Lotnik767: I wish Poland had a second amendment like in US the right to bear arm, love it!!! God that is just plain stupid, why the hell would this country wish a law like that?

Wroclaw Boy	Dec 1, 08, 10:24 / #
chokoy: seems like they don't trust their citizens maturity in handling a gun. Ohh my god Lotnik767: I wish Poland had a second amendment like in US the right to bear arm, love it!!! Ohh my god 2

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08	Dec 1, 08, 11:15 / #
I went shooting in Cambodia last year, I saw grenade launchers for rent, sounds like great fun. I only got an M16, A weird looking shotgun and AK-47 and a couple of had guns. Apparently the Khmer Rouge have found another use for their weapons. There are shooting ranges in Krakow chokoy. I looked into them a couple of years ago but I just never got it together.

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,143 Joined: Jun 7, 07	Dec 1, 08, 14:20 / #
They do have shooting as a sport in Poland....here they call it deterring trespassers....trouble is the targets get a bit scarce as word gets round i have a gun......

chokoyThreads: 3 Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 1, 08	Dec 1, 08, 14:27 / #
well to each is his own. it is just my personal preference to own a gun for protection and as a hobby. been handling guns since i was 8 and happy to say not a single accident nor intentional shooting. peace!!!!

z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07	Dec 1, 08, 14:27 / #
Sports shooting used to be a non issue in Poland. The sports club where I trained years ago had a shooting section, but it was only mildly popular. Unlike the US, it was compulsory for Poles to practice shooting this way or another. Perhaps that's why Poles tend to be less excited about firearms than Americans.

chokoyThreads: 3 Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 1, 08	Dec 1, 08, 10:32 / #
this thread is for responsible shooting for responsible ownership of guns. floods of illegal guns are coming in poland, meaning only criminals with have guns and probable shoot and rob people who can't protect themselves. they don't like guns for civilians but they allowed americans to put up a missile defense (yeah right!!) system. interesting?

loco polacoThreads: 3 Posts: 421 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Dec 1, 08, 11:09 / #
there is a tad of a difference between missles and guns dude.

sledzThreads: 29 Posts: 3,202 Joined: Sep 19, 06	Dec 1, 08, 11:16 / #
loco polaco: americans sure don't really seem trustworthy of gun ownership either I have never misused my firearms and never will.... A gun is a tool just like anything else, I would agree with you on better background checks on people that want to purchase a firearm. If we had to turn our guns in, do you think the criminals would also??

Lotnik767Threads: 6 Posts: 210 Joined: Nov 12, 08	Dec 1, 08, 11:17 / #
Yes I’m talking about legal and responsible people that are able to have guns not like some idiot gangster wana be! And as for every thing going thro Poland well they really should have some honest people to stop illegal gun and drug smuggling!

loco polacoThreads: 3 Posts: 421 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Dec 1, 08, 11:19 / #
Lotnik767: Yes I’m talking about legal and responsible people that are able to have guns not like some idiot gangster wana be! And as for every thing going thro Poland well they really should have some honest people to stop illegal gun and drug smuggling! nobody seems to be honest enough in the USA about this.. how the hell do you expect poland to be that way when USA can't even do it. sledz: I have never misused my firearms and never will.... A gun is a tool just like anything else, I would agree with you on better background checks on people that want to purchase a firearm. right, but it's a non issue in PL and i am pretty sure most poles are aok with that.

sledzThreads: 29 Posts: 3,202 Joined: Sep 19, 06	Dec 1, 08, 11:30 / #
loco polaco: right, but it's a non issue in PL and i am pretty sure most poles are aok with that. I would be too, if we never had them? Being born into this heritage or right is really touchy subject with us, I agree on some aspects but I am a firm believer in the freedom to keep and bear arms for protection..its my constutional right, our forefathers died for this. We have jails for the wicked

loco polacoThreads: 3 Posts: 421 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Dec 1, 08, 11:42 / #
and boy, are they full. :D

ukpolskaThreads: 51 Posts: 2,159 Joined: Oct 23, 06 MEMBER	Dec 1, 08, 14:11 / #
Lotnik767: I wish Poland had a second amendment like in US the right to bear arm, love it!!! I think your last bit in your statement shows your immature attitude to guns (love it)

loco polacoThreads: 3 Posts: 421 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Dec 1, 08, 14:24 / #
ukp, what's wrong with loving one's tools? i sure love my guns too. nothing wrong with that.

spierettiThreads: 5 Posts: 177 Joined: Sep 25, 08	Dec 2, 08, 04:28 / #
sledz: its my constutional right, our forefathers died for this. What happened...? Did someone shoot them?

Wroclaw Boy	Dec 9, 08, 03:29 / #
z_darius: Perhaps that's why Poles tend to be less excited about firearms than Americans. Nah, i believe they just cant justify paying for metal only to shoot it at some paper target and hear a big bang.

WooPeeThreads: 3 Posts: 133 Joined: Jul 1, 08	Dec 27, 08, 00:20 / #
I'm pretty sure you can find some shooting range in Katowice.