Polish gun owner here. Here are some pros he did not mention in the video.
- No import bans, you can buy Norinco SVD's/m4a1 , Zastava M21 ,Valmet rifles, Saiga, Galil's, baikal mp 446
- You can buy military surplus that were converted from full auto to semi e.g m16a1, Aug A1, AKM's with semi auto trigger group ( All original receivers too)
- You can own open bolt firearms as long as it's semi only
- Surplus cold war/WW2 firearms are dirt cheap. PPSH-41 or vz 61 goes for around $300-$400 USD here.
- Surplus 5.45x39 and 7.62x39 are still plentiful here and cheap

Congrats to Pascal for being such a great ambassador of Polish gun owners.

A few corrections:
- Sports license allows you to carry loaded and chambered gun, many gun owners do it but it has to be concealed no matter what you do or where you are (with few exceptions like courthouse or mass gathering or public transportation where you can't have loaded gun or a gun at all). You can open carry of sorts but the gun has to be unloaded without any other restrictions.
- Silencers can be bought and used on all firearms (some shooting ranges require them), silencer needs to be marked "for civilian use only" or something similiar.
- There is no barrel lenght/overall lenght of firearms laws.
- For sports and collectors license you can own up to .50cal (not counting smoothbores ofc), hunting license expands that limit but it's significantly "harder" to get.
- You pretty much do one big background check before you send papers to the Police for a license (Exam in club to check if you know what you are doing, medical check if you are sane and not blind). The Police can't deny license/permission if you don't have criminal record and you are sane.
- There is no magazine size law/limit.
- You can use firearms to defend yourself and especially you home (you can shoot home invader and by the law you shouldn't be sentenced) it of course depends on many variables (especially the judge)

Love polish people. Fierce fighters through out history, but extremely kind in my experiences with them.

As a polish dude who recently got the license:
- numbers of guns you can own on normal license is up to 49, depends on the region "state" as you wish - usually 10, in some cases up to 30 (like my region)
- everything above 49 is regulated as a "gun warehouse" like a police, military or security company
- on the most common license sporting/collecting - the ONLY banned firearms/ammo is: machine guns, internally suppressed firearms, tracers, amour piercing, exploding ammo, in theory some calibers are banned - everything else IS LEGAL
- one of the steps is background check based on Polish Social Security "PESEL" number, as long as you are a normal/average person you will pass it
- there is a visit of a local policemen. who is responsible for your area. They already have a 99% of the information they need, and usually they will ask you stuff like "Are you involved in a gang?" and you will answer like: "LOL no" - and its good enough.
- you have to keep the guns in certified safe (S1 norm of above it)

Thats pretty much all.

If you have any questions, please ask. I will gladly answer it.

It goes like this: You're 21 years old, have no criminal history, go to a shooting range, join a club (sports and collectors), shoot for a month, take an exam, pass, the club arranges doctors who come, so you don't have to run after them. After that, you have the paperwork, you send it to the police. Within 30 days, you should have a license and permits to purchase a firearm. During that time, you should buy a safe for your gun and ammunition. That's it.

I had profusive diarrhea while watching this, thank you for being the light in my darkest hour.

God bless Poland. With love from USA.

As a fellow european I enjoy hearing about gunlaws in other countries.

Very interesting interview. Always cool to learn other ways and perspectives on this issue.

As a side note, it is both impressive and humbling to see the English proficiency of so many multilingual guests on your show.

The issue of silencers is both complicated and simple ;-) You can't buy silencers that are contracted for the military as a civilian, but if the manufacturer doesn't have a contract, that means civilians can buy them. Some companies make "new" versions marked differently for civilians. It's similar with bulletproof vests.

16:20 I still remember a video from years ago where James said the only comments he actively goes after to delete are those that make fun of other people/ guests for their accent or difficulty speaking English. 100% agree. Guests do us a huge kindness by speaking English even when it's difficult. THANK YOU Polish man!!

Did he say “psycho tests”?  What a great term!

another polish gun owner here:
re: concealed carry:
- there is a special permission type for servicemen (police, army, security) and civilians that live under a threat, which is called personal protection permission. hard to obtain for a civilian, but it allows a holder to carry chambered gun pretty much everywhere (some exceptions, no point to mention here)
- sports permission allows you to carry a chambered gun, except some places where you cannot (i.e. court building). There is NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT to be on a way to or from a shooting range. Some people try to enforce that, especially old date policemen, but from the legal standpoint if you have sports permit and you have a weapon registered as one, then you can carry it chambered.
ADDITIONAL rule: according to law, concealed carry is the only permitted way of carrying guns registered under sport permit.
So in the end of the day the rule of thumb is you have your pistols registered as sports and rifles registered as collection.

Very similar to Czech gun laws. Good to know that at least some of our neighbors are not afraid of guns and weapons generally.

James Reeves was in my country and I couldn't show him my Italian Garand and M16A1 with a chewed up buttplate? I am mad beyond belief.

Poland and Sweeden are the only two countries I know of (there could be more im pretty new to the sport) that have IPSC 360 matches where certain ranges don't have a break 90 point and besides not shooting the RO chasing you everything is open to shoot! Pretty awesome! Also killer Japanese car and drift scene!!

Albo grubo albo wcale!

gretings from Poland :)

Awesome video! So cool to see the Polish gun shop and his views on guns in Poland.

As for the silencers, if they are made for "military clients" only the hunters can own them. The exact same item, called "sound moderator"  can be bought over the counter or online by anybody and used on a gun. No tax stamp or anything,