I'm not afraid of terrorism, are you?

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A gun would probably complicate the 'your car' safety bubble.

I'm not sure it'd be a good idea to shoot someone who is, you know, driving you around at 60 mph.

Your, ahem, mileage may vary.

Exactly, it's probably the safest situation you could be in to have a gun pointed at you. Besides, a hitchhiker who is robbing or shooting people is going to be caught almost immediately so if the person has any self interest they are not going to rob or shoot someone while hitchhiking. Also there is just no real data that backs up the idea that hitchhikers are more likely to rob or rape then anyone else. The lone study done on it reported 0 murders and 0 rapes done by hitchhikers in 1974.

https://wandrlymagazine.com/article/hitchhiking/

Again, this relates to the refugees, because the media perception of the risk just doesn't equal the reality of the situation. Yes, there have been a few incidents involving refugees in Germany, but they have also taken in millions of refugees. Is their incidents of murder any higher then the general populace? I'd be skeptical. The main problem with them is going to be adjusting millions of people to German culture, eliminating Islamic attitudes towards women, etc etc. That's a problem with Islam in general though, regardless of what country they are in. I don't think the US would really have the problem with refugees, because historically we've been far better at integrating immigrants then Europe and we are just taking in so many less of them. The risk is negligible.