NEWS

10/01/2025

08:34

PSL Opposes Poland 2050's Bill on Hunter Examinations. Hennig-Kloska: A Political Decision, I See No Substantive Justification

– I am disappointed that the bill has been shelved. There is a very strong public expectation that all firearm owners undergo periodic examinations – said Paulina Hennig-Kloska in an interview with Beata Lubecka on the program “Gość Radia ZET,” when asked about the PSL's opposition to the Poland 2050 bill introducing, among other things, mandatory examinations for hunters and the rejection of the bill by the Sejm.

– We will definitely return to this discussion. Yesterday, I spoke with the Speaker Pasławska about this matter, and she sees a chance for an agreement on this issue […]. There is international and European law that obliges us to introduce periodic examinations for individuals who own and use firearms – she continued.

– We definitely need to refine this better at the political level […]. Perhaps a broader bill should be drafted that will encompass all firearm owners – she added.

– Examinations are an overriding good […] I don't know why some see periodic examinations as the personification of evil. I cannot understand this. I understand that this [the PSL voting with PiS to reject the bill] is a political decision, because I see no substantive justification for such a vote – she concluded.