I agree that we definitely need to keep the second amendment; it's what guarantees our freedom against our own government (especially if the government is corrupt), other countries, and from other people within our own country. But I think people will lobby against what he is trying to do if and when Obama gets into office, so whatever he tries to get thru won't pass. Yes, people should have the right to bear arms, for hunting and safety. What we need to look at as a society is making it safer for people to own guns (especially with children), and better screenings before people purchase. When I was younger my grandfather was an avid hunter (I was raised by my grandparents), and had guns in the house. He as always very open about having the hunting guns, and even taught me to shoot, but the guns were always kept locked. I think that his openness and willing to share what he knew and did with the guns with me, quenched my curiosity about them. Maybe if parents who own guns did more of this there would be less accidental shootings. ---That was a tangent.
As for the First Amendment. I do think that this is the most important, because once our freedom of speech is taken away we are no longer living in a democracy, how many times in the past has a leader taken away their countrymen's rights but still let them have weapons--just brainwashed them with lies and not allowed the truth to come out because of a lack of freedom of speech. In my field (theatre) a great number of artists fled to America because they were denied this right in their own countries. "The free flow of ideas essential to political democracy and democratic institutions"- Judge McLaghlin.