Two guys in the woods shooting multiple firearms vs. one man with one pistol. What is wrong with someone looking out for themselves? You can honestly say you would not be the least bit worried about walking up on that?
My thing is that he didn't have to walk up on that -- two guys, doing nothing illegal. Drive on. Two people shopping in the mall... Walk on. The only reason they were stopped is because they were using firearms.
Was he rude? Did he break the law? Did he injure you in any way? Or was he just being cautious in a situation where it would be tactical right to be that way?
He very well might've violated his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment right to travel by detaining/seizing them. Their Fourth Amendment rights when their property was seized and, depending on what state they live in, they may not have stop and identify statutes.
I am in no way condoning what he did. I am just saying that it does not sounds all that bad to me.
My dad sent me this great email about a guy that was explaining to someone how to catch wild pigs. You start off in the woods and put food out and let the pigs come to feed. After a while, you build once side of a fence... at first, the pig will be a bit deterred, but then they'll get used to it and come back to feed. Over the course of time, you continue to build the other walls until you have a gate so, when they enter to eat, you simply close the gate and you now have control of them.
The moral of the story being is that every day and every situation you have to fight for every single last right you have in order to preserve them. Because, over time, the "that didn't seem so bad or intrusive" stack up to the point where you will no longer have your freedoms.