Yuck, what a terrible respons!
This reminds me of the time I was at LAX taking some pictures of planes in the terminal. This lady that drives one of the golf carts tells me to stop taking pictures, as it is illegal and I will get arrested if she sees me doing it again. I asked her since when it was illegal to take pictures at airports here in the US, and she said pulls a "That's what your President wants, so ask him." I immediately got the airport police involved to ask them if they had a problem with my picture taking, and they said "no." I found golf cart lady again and set her straight on that matter.