Thanks for the comments....
We decided our forever home has to be some place "comfortable", LOL
The wife puts on thermal underwear when the temperature drops below 65 degrees.
The laws on the big island are that you can own weapons, but must register them with the local county head. If you want a concealed carry, more often than not you won't get one, unless you are an armed guard for someone, or some business.
We definitely ruled out south America....... after the wife heard about some kidnappings somewhere.....
Mexico is not much better, unless you go coastal in a "fenced" ex-pat area, and we don't want that....
We shall see..... might do an annual trip, to different countries if we can afford it.... to see what is available.... not that we really want to leave now..., but the older we get the crankier we get in colder weather