sentences:  The law review articles written by NRA advocates and the shift in popular opinion toward an individual right to bear arms took place only a few decades before the "Heller" decision was handed down.While Scalia professed to be channelling the "original meaning" of the Second Amendment, Ellis argued that he actually engaged in historical interpretation informed by present attitudes, exactly as a liberal justice would.Furthermore, Ellis asserted that the truly "originalist" opinion in the "Heller" case was Justice Stevens's dissent, which he asserted correctly interpreted the Second Amendment in the context of maintaining state militias.