dc koop

Banning firearms here wouldn't achieve much. We share a 2,000 mile border with Mexico and guns would I'm sure be smuggled across quite easily from Mexico. During prohibition there was enough booze smuggled across from Mexico and Canada to flood half the world. Why would it be any different today in the case of firearms and worse still those smuggled firearms would not be registered

ddsrph

What's the problem with going back to Scotland? i would return ASAP no matter what it took.

Pulaski

Ironically guns are quite hard to obtain legally in Mexico. The reason guns are widely available and there is an epidemic of drug-related shootings in Mexico is that guns are purchased in the US and smuggled into Mexico.

Here is a Wikipedia article on the subject. These were "government sanctioned sales", but no doubt these are only the tip of the iceberg.

scrubbedexpat099

Fair comment

The prospect of Hillary scares the living shit out of many people.

WEBlue

I do hope you've been voting in US elections any years you've been eligible, along with those eligible in your family ....

That's the best antidote to losing one's faith in any country's public policies.

Pulaski

I think that's his problem, that he's supportive of policies that he doesn't think will ever be implemented, and I don't see that voting for candidates who either aren't elected or are always in an ideological minority, as any sort of antidote to the frustration he's feeling.

WEBlue

Researching to find those seeking public office who support his ideas, then supporting them through volunteering, then eventually voting them into office?

It can work.... even in America.

anotherlimey

I lost faith in the UK when I saw David Cameron laughing at a Scottish MP in the Commons.

The US isn't perfect but I've realized they're always trying to do better. Look at what's happening with the police at the moment; people are outraged a few officers made poor decisions (for want of a better term) and people want change. Hopefully change will come and we'll be the better for it.

Pulaski

Good luck with that if it involves gun control.

Nutmegger

As does the prospect of Trump.

scrubbedexpat099

I used to live in Boulder County, I swear a blind donkey could be elected if it was DEM.

I know people who register themselves for the other party in such cases so they get a say.

scrubbedexpat099

But that is a very long shot. sadly Hillary is not.

Tarkak9

... where they're very quick to jump all over any elephant in the room, too .
Roll eyes when Sanders held a campaign rally in the People's Republic and preached on about income inequality ...... of all places.


The grass always seems greenier on the other side of the fence; but with enough care, you can make the grass as green as you want on your side of the fence. Seek out those you want to surround yourself with!

scrubbedexpat097

This


To the OP:

I have been here 26 years now and still do not know if it is the right or wrong place to be.

I have learned to appreciate the good and try to ignore the rest. It may not be the way to be but I know that if we moved back to the UK there would also be the same struggles.

I found that as life became easier and by that I mean when we finally slotted into regular employment and had reasonable benefits then we could enjoy life a little more.

It's hard to be torn between two countries, lots of us know how you feel. There is no magic solution but the worst thing you can do is spend time thinking you made the wrong decision when you ping ponged. There may be a better opportunity in the future to return and if it comes along you may want to persue it but right now use your time and energy into making your family life here enjoyable.

scrubbedexpat091

It was my mistake, I thought people had died in larger number at the cafe hostage issue in 2014, but appears there was not much of a casualty count.