IMO, they are. His actions point out a glaring failure on the part of Law Enforcement to know where their authority ends. It also points out that those who are supposedly on the side of RKBA that are only for THEIR brand of RKBA. Anything falling outside of their narrow little world view is automatically "bad" and gives the Left an open invitation to restrict our Rights further.
This is no different than Rosa Parks sitting at the front of the bus. And yes, the corollary fits.
Has there ever been a time where some strange guy wandering through a park scaring women and children WOULDN’T be hassled by the police?