"I" think you're giving them too much credit (to bolster your argument) when you assign "order of importance" to the US Constitution's amendments. In this line of thinking.....it was more important for a man to be able to own a gun than it was for a black man to be considered a "man", at all. In fact..there was a post civil war inclusion to DENY black men their "right" to bear arms......for fear of them being able to protect themselves from the very men who sought to oppress them.

I think....if you asked a black American about the amendments to the US Constitution's"order of importance".....you might get a differing viepoint than the one you hold.