Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.comShortly after ratification of our Constitution in 1788, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, or Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791. The First Amendment protects five rights: religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and petitioning the government. The Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment may already be under attack from the government. It is in the interest of us all to save the Constitution and save our country.