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If a person will feel afraid to visit a place, whether those fears are real or not, then I recommend not going.
Have visited the U.S. multiple times, mainly Central/Southeast Florida and 1 long weekend in NYC.
I wouldn't say i felt afraid, just more alert, i did experience more paranoia than in Europe/Asia, especially at night in NYC and Miami.
Yawn. This will get as much traction as a bald tire on an icy road. We already laugh at European bans on high output hair dryers and their willingness to smell like death rather than run an air conditioner. This sort of boycott would only further the perception and change nothing.
Have visited the U.S. multiple times, mainly Central/Southeast Florida and 1 long weekend in NYC.
I wouldn't say i felt afraid, just more alert, i did experience more paranoia than in Europe/Asia, especially at night in NYC and Miami.
I don't know. I'm Swedish but live in the US since 18 years. I would feel more nervous visiting Europe, especially tourist attractions, due to all the terror attacks going on. And the ridiculous immigration policy many country's have, Sweden included.
This weekend in MS is "2nd amendment tax free weekend"...seriously, that's the name that the state government decreed. All firearm related products tax free.
So on the contrary - we expect a TOURIST BOOM from neighboring states this weekend (to buy long guns, and accessories, anyways..hand guns not transferrable over state lines). It will be great for tourist business, thank you very much.
I didn't know it was so widespread, i always thought there were only like 10 states (Bible Belt and Alaska) with Permissive Open Carrying but 26 even progressive states like Washington and Colorado have it.
This doesn't even take into account conceal and carry laws. Some states frankly didn't have much of a choice in the matter either due to federal lawsuits. Illinois' ban on conceal and carry was overturned via such a lawsuit, for example.
As for open carry, some places are more restrictive than others, but some are very open to where you can go with a gun. Georgia lets you take a damn gun up to the ticket check in area in the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta. You just can't go through security with it.
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I don't think the hotels, theme parks and pretty much every other business mostly catering to tourists agrees with you.
Many areas would feel the pinch, but many more wouldn't feel a thing. The country isn't homogenous in that way. Only about 10 American cities receive a million or more international tourists a year.
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Have visited the U.S. multiple times, mainly Central/Southeast Florida and 1 long weekend in NYC.
I wouldn't say i felt afraid, just more alert, i did experience more paranoia than in Europe/Asia, especially at night in NYC and Miami.
Always good to keep your wits about you no matter where you are, but I will say that NYC is one of the safest large American cities going at this point. It's definitely safer than Miami.
I don't go around walking paranoid that I'm gonna be shot LOL because...
A. I live in a safe area.
B. I'm not involved in criminal activities.
C. I'm not breaking into people's houses.
I'd be more worried about tourism dropping in Europe with the Islamic terrorists attacks that have been going on. My aunt's planning to fly to Greece to visit a friend in April, and her husband doesn't want her to go with all the things going on up there.
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even progressive states like Washington and Colorado have it.
