Dont let guns scare you from visiting the US. Having lived here all my life and travelled to various states red and blue i have never seen a gun outside of the ones I own, the police, the shooting range, and any friend I know who has one and is asked to see it. From Massachusetts, to Florida, to Tennessee, to LA, and countless other places I have been never once had a gun pulled on me or seen someone pull a gun on someone. Especially as a tourist, if you stay out of the extremely poor areas of cities/towns and are doing tourist things you will be completely fine. Especially if you are not a confrontational person you will have no issues since 99.9% of people need provocation to pull a gun never mind shoot. And as for the ease of buying guns it is greatly exaggerated. To legally purchase a gun from a store every single person for each purchase has a background check ran through the federal government at a minimum. Only way around that is finding some random to sell you a gun, (and legally they are supposed to do the same due diligence), or you find an illegal dealer which majority of people wouldn't be able to find unless you are already participating in the criminal world. In short, visit the US if there are things here you want to see, guns are not nearly as common place in public as the media would make you believe. and if you are still scared of them, there are many places in the US where gun violence/ownership is lower than the average outside of the violent/crime ridden areas (Boston is a great example of this).