Poles don’t want more laxed gun control laws - poll

As many as 79 percent of Poles is against latest proposals initiated by Kukiz’15 goruping, which would make getting gun permits easier, according to IBRIS poll. Only 19 percent of responders is for the changes. The current law stipulates that gun permits are being granted by police, however according to many gun enthusiasts, the criteria upon which they’re handed out are arbitrary. The draft bill proposes having a set of objective criteria and the responsibility of issuing them would fall into local authorities. This would increase the number of gun permits tenfold, according to the authors of the draft. According to police data, some 190,000 Poles have a gun permit (10,000 gun permits were issued in 2015) and they own 390,000 guns. The gun market is relatively small in Poland and worth about PLN 50 million, according to Jarosław Lewandowski who owns Strzał.pl magazine. Additional PLN 40 million is spent each year on ammunition and accessories.