Thanks for the info!
I do have a permit for my gun in my home country but I do not intend to take it with me for the holiday nor do I intend to bring it with me unless we some day apply and are granted citizenship of the US.
So the Delica would be ok as well as a flashlight. That's good since that's about what I was thinking of taking with me.
Armoredman, folks in Vermont generally like immigrants? Really? That's rare (atleast here in Finland) but I once read that highly educated (university level) western Europeans are, atleast unofficially, most (out of different "immigrant types") welcome to the States.
Incidently, Vermont is the State to which we are planning to move (all a big questionmark still) once we both graduate from uni (about 5-6 years). Also considering to spend our honeymoon over there to check it out in person.
Since there are actual Vermont residents here, I'd like to ask a few non-weapons related questions about the state, sorry if it goes a bit off topic:
What are the cities/towns like in Vermont? Currently we live in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, which has about 571,354 people in it but only central Helsinki resembles an actual city whereas the rest are more like a group of small towns of 5000-30 000 population.
I myself prefer lots of nature (forests, mountains etc) instead of tall buildings and busy streets. I'm also not a big fan of extreme weather conditions except for winter (a good winter, in my opinion, has around -15 to -5 fahrenheit and lots of snow). What are the summers/winters like in Vermont? From what I've read and seen in photos the nature resembles that of Finland with the addition of mountains.
What about floods, hurricanes, earth quakes etc? Any of those in there?
From what I've understood (googled quite a bit) one first has to find a permanent residence in the US, a local phone number, and also a permanent work place in order to plan moving there. Is this correct?
What is the most common way of living in Vermont, houses or apartments?
All info would be greatly appreciated.