Fran:
Hence my stance on motorcycle helmet laws
(and yes...I'm a former and future rider).
If the abolition of this law in states would come with the disclaimer that NO insurance; state or federal monies would be spent in the medical aid administered to the accident victims......I'd change my tune. That.....or every rider choosing to ride that way would be forced to aplly a "Do not Resuscitate" sticker to his gas tank.
To keep citing other amendments that were added later isn't really relevant to the founding fathers frame of mind at the time of the bill of rights
To assign an order of importance to them is to question said "Frame of mind".