{"id":54802,"date":"2016-03-17T13:49:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=54802"},"modified":"2016-03-17T13:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:04:33","slug":"armed-hitchhiker-open-carry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/armed-hitchhiker-open-carry\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Hitchhiker Illustrates Public Acceptance of Open Carry in Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u201cHello, I have a .357 Magnum. Can I have a ride?\u201d<\/strong> &#8212; Jeremy Bryant, open carry advocate. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Bryant doesn\u2019t always hitchhike, but when he does he begins by asking, \u201cHow do you feel about picking somebody up who has a .357?\u201d Surprisingly, most Oregonians feel good about it, if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=27&amp;v=o1wCfEj58TI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-hitchhiker-open-carry\" title=\"Armed Hitchhiker Illustrates Public Acceptance of Open Carry in Documentary\">the documentary<\/a> he filmed is any indication.<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gogreatergood.com\/press-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-hitchhiker-open-carry\" title=\"Armed Hitchhiker Illustrates Public Acceptance of Open Carry in Documentary\">goal<\/a> for the film was simple: to \u201cshow that regular everyday Oregonians support open carry\u201d and demonstrate \u201cthe kindness and generosity of strangers, and the decency of American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was remarkably successful. No one who offered him a ride drove away after he disclosed his weapon, though some asked not to be filmed for the documentary. Several people voiced enthusiasm and support for the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Amendment. \u201cIf you take away the guns from the good people, then only the bad people will have them,\u201d one driver commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you take away the guns from the good people, then only the bad people will have them,\u201d one driver commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was expecting a harder time getting rides,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cI was incredibly surprised that every single person greeted me with a smile\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryant filmed the entire documentary on his phone, recording his experience hitchhiking 420 miles to and from his grandfather\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Oregon you actually do get picked up,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cThe reason why is because there\u2019s open carry here in this state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A wide variety of people offered him a ride, both men and women, alone and in groups. According to Bryant, one man \u201cfound it strange I was carrying\u201d but offered Bryant a ride nevertheless. Two women bought him lunch because they couldn\u2019t give him a ride. When he said he had a .357, the driver said, \u201cOh my god!\u201d and started to pull away. But her friend made her stop so she could run back and bring him the food.<\/p>\n<p>Two women bought him lunch because they couldn\u2019t give him a ride. When he said he had a .357, the driver said, \u201cOh my god!\u201d and started to pull away. But her friend made her stop so she could run back and bring him the food.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone else\u2014including one man who hadn\u2019t picked up a hitchhiker in 15 years, a pregnant woman, and an airport security guard\u2014gladly gave him a ride to the next leg of his journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general public should always carry to keep the peace, good, and dignity of our country and the welfare of its people,\u201d Bryant repeated throughout the film. \u201cThat\u2019s why I carry myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant made sure to announce his weapon before getting in the car, something he credited as the key to his success. \u201cMost people, if you get in your car and then tell them you have a gun, it scares them. So I\u2019ve given them the option to just pull away from me before I even get in their car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documentary has been featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/living\/index.ssf\/2016\/03\/oregon_man_hitchhikes_420_mile.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-hitchhiker-open-carry\" title=\"Armed Hitchhiker Illustrates Public Acceptance of Open Carry in Documentary\">the Oregonian<\/a> and on Oregon TV stations KATU, KVAL, KCBY, KPIC, &amp; NBC16. Kevin Starrett of the Oregon Firearms Federation says it\u2019s \u201ca fascinating look at the reality of openly carried firearms in rural Oregon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about open carry? Is this a good way to promote it? What would be your response if you saw an armed hitchhiker?<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> <em>This article was a submission from freelance writer Jordan Michaels.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Bryant doesn\u2019t always hitchhike, but when he does he begins by asking, \u201cHow do you feel about picking somebody up who has a .357?\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":54804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,216,240],"tags":[132,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Armed Hitchhiker Illustrates Public Acceptance of Open Carry in Documentary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jeremy Bryant doesn\u2019t always hitchhike, but when he does he begins by asking, \u201cHow do you feel about picking somebody up who has a .357?\u201d\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/armed-hitchhiker-open-carry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Armed Hitchhiker Illustrates Public Acceptance of Open Carry in Documentary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeremy Bryant doesn\u2019t always hitchhike, but when he does he begins by asking, \u201cHow do you feel about picking somebody up who has a .357?\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/armed-hitchhiker-open-carry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-17T17:49:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-19T13:04:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/357-Doc.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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