There are shootings everywhere. Are you going to stay home because there is an infinitesimal chance that might happen? You know there are millions of people who call this place home and love it right? Bad things happen, and yes, that is unfortunate, but to not want to live here is your choice. The Amercian people are good people, and in Canada, we have been conditioned to disapprove of them and their beliefs because of what we see or hear about, but I have had nothing but good experiences here. The people are welcoming, we got plugged into a great church, and I have made friends quickly here that I can golf with weekly.
My whole point in my original post was to say that America is not this cess pool of crime and danger. Some parts are, but those are the minority of places, not the majority.
This is all I am going to say on this now. I have shared my real-life experience of living full time in this country. YMMV