the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action stated “This alleged news network completely ignored a mount of research from constitutional scholars who agree that the Second Amendment refers to an individual right, just as the entire Bill of Rights refers to individual rights” (CBS Commits 1).
Baker has a valid point. Not only did the news primarily side with the emotional wave of pro-gun control sweeping the nation in the midst of these events, but it also failed to recognize that the Supreme Court has ruled in the past where it seemed to agree with scholarly opinion. In the 1990 Supreme Court case, the Second Amendment in U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez, the Court held that “’the people’ protected by the Fourth Amendment
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