As everyone knows, if there is no way for the government to punish a person, legally a person can do whatever the law allows without criminal repercussion and that leaves only civil repercussions and administrative punishment. The 1st amendment...
The 1st amendment wasn't that every person has the right to free speech without repercussions. It was SUPPOSED to be that the government wouldn't be allowed to interfere with a person speaking ill of the government (or the officials).
In other...
I've been a gun owner for 68 years, and I've never feared that any entity would take away my firearms. And thus far, none has. I also did a six-year hitch in the Marines and then was a commissioned federal law enforcement officer for 27 years...
It means I spent a lifetime working thru all these sorts of obstacles to freedom on the 2nd amendment and I almost don't have the energy to work on the same for the 1st amendment. I thought it was pretty secure but I am finding it's far from it...
Since you don't point to any specific statement, you'll have to expound on this: "And there you have the 2nd most common form of mis-interpretation of the Constitution: the "you can't yell fire in a movie theater" ridiculousness."