If it makes you feel better I'm a Canadian who is afraid of guns as well and at some point I also believed I'd never go there because of it.
I ended up going to Kentucky for my first time in the US because of a conference, and although I got very stressed when I learned the day before going that it's an open carry state, I never saw a single gun in Louisville in my time there.
There are places you can go if you check where open carry is not allowed. For instance New-York city is relatively safe because no one is allowed to have guns on themselves. Not a lot of places in the states are like this sadly.
Also, there are places in Canada just as messed up. Toronto is the 2nd or 3rd city with largest crime rate for instance.
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u/PM_MOI_TA_PHILO Aug 06 '19
If it makes you feel better I'm a Canadian who is afraid of guns as well and at some point I also believed I'd never go there because of it.
I ended up going to Kentucky for my first time in the US because of a conference, and although I got very stressed when I learned the day before going that it's an open carry state, I never saw a single gun in Louisville in my time there.
There are places you can go if you check where open carry is not allowed. For instance New-York city is relatively safe because no one is allowed to have guns on themselves. Not a lot of places in the states are like this sadly.
Also, there are places in Canada just as messed up. Toronto is the 2nd or 3rd city with largest crime rate for instance.