The man who carried a rifle — but did not fire it — during the June “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City in which a protester was killed spoke publicly for the first time, saying he’s been “lambasted on an international scale.”

“The only thing I was doing was engaging in my First and Second Amendment rights,” Arturo Gamboa, 24, told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.

Gamboa, who was initially treated as a suspect after the shooting, should have been treated as a victim, according to his attorney, Greg Skordas.

Gamboa suffered a shot to the back, while another bullet grazed his finger, Skordas told reporters. A third shot fired hit and killed another marcher, fashion designer Arthur Folasa “Afa” Ah Loo .

Gamboa, 24, expressed condolences to Ah Loo’s family. “I pray for their heal

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