[Charles Martel]

"...I say that the Second Amendment is, in order of importance, the first amendment. It is America's First Freedom, the one right that protects all the others. Among freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, of assembly, of redress of grievances, it is the first among equals. It alone offers the absolute capacity to live without fear. The right to keep and bear arms is the one right that allows 'rights' to exist at all."

- Charlton Heston, 1997

[KingLudd]

As proposed (before the states ratified the Constitution) the second amendment as we know it now was fourth. The first amendment as we know it now was third. The first two were tossed out. In 1992, the originally proposed second amendment (re: Congress’s pay structure) was ratified. Check out the Library of Congress where they have the drafts of the Declaration of Independence, the Consitution and the Bill of Rights.