Ask HN: Are you afraid to travel to US to tech conferences?

I am not a U.S. citizen, and I have to say that even before this year, I was beginning to have some second thoughts about traveling to the U.S.

I traveled last time to the US in 2014, but in the last 10 years or so, it seems to me that there has been a huge increase in violence, and I have huge fears about guns. I live in Europe and the thought that there are mass shooting is for me too high risk specifically considering traveling with my family. I understand probabilities but still more than 0% is a huge risk just for visiting a country.

Now I also read about non-US citizens being detained on the border.

I was planing this year to travel to some tech conferences in US but it seems that it is not a good year.

PS: Imagine why this is a throwaway account because I read they check the phone, laptops at the boarder. This is 100% more crazy that I am afraid to even speak on the internet about it.

Am I paranoid or are there other people in the same situation?

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