artbroooks and co. Why is the Second Amendment in there at all? You have to ask yourself that question. It is the "Bill of Rights"! Who's rights? The Federal Government? No! The Bill of Rights exists to protect "We the People" FROM the Federal Government. It exist to make sure that the people control the government, not one party, not a power bloc, not a madman. There was much debate as to whether to make what is now the Second Amendment the First. It was/is that important. In the end, the First Amendment held supremacy because it was the ability to speak freely, even if said speech was offensive, that gave rise to freedom. The First Amendment though, would have no force and no meaning without the Second Amendment which protects the First. It is to the PEOPLE that these and the following Amendments apply.