This is what I expected, the media has for a long time disregarded laws in the name of journalism. Basically they can break any law they choose as long as they claim first amendment.
It would only make sense then that we can violate laws that infringe upon the Second Amendment because it states clearly it is a right of the "PEOPLE."
They claim that they are exercising their First Amendment right to freedom of the press -- well the people have the right to exercise their Second Amendment rights any way they see fit, being as it plainly states they "shall not be inringed."
It is sad that this would never work, and had this been someone exercising their Second Amendment rights in order to prove a point with the use of their First Amendment rights they would be setting in jail as we speak.
The First Amendment is nowhere near as solid as the Second, yet people often like to claim that it is. The First Amendment states "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the PRESS." There is not even mention of the People before the reference to freedom of speech and press. How odd being the Second Amendment strictly states "the right of the PEOPLE shall not be infringed."
It amazes me how people can protect the First Amendment with such pride and force, yet they completely disregard the Second Amendment even though it is blatantly obvious that it is certainly a right of the People!
I agree with you. The media can do as they please as long as they claim they are just exercising their First Amendment rights. I get rather indignant when we are told we cannot do the same when exercising our Second Amendment rights even though there is no debating "the right of the people" and "shall not be infringed."