When a gun writer and a gun editor don’t understand the language of the Constitution, like the word “regulated,” it is time for them to go. Regulated means trained, skilled at using firearms, something that gets limited when the government oversteps its authority with gun regulations.
What is NOT clear is the motivation - were they fired because the management was genuinely opposed to what had been published in their names, or were they fired because management was displeased with the negative publicity? Either way they are gone, but one of those paths leaves open the possibility of repeats of this stupidity.