There still is a cult. You are part of that cult. But it's getting smaller every day. But it's fighting to keep from shrinking with all it's might. It was created by the NRA to sell more guns after some really radicals took control of it. The NRA of the 40s and 50s would never have done what the modern NRA does today. The old NRA was truly a Godsend for gun safety and training. Today, it's become the political arm of the Gun Manufacturers.
I guess you're illiterate...since you obviously either didn't read or didn't comprehend the irrefutable 9 points in the OP.
Here they are again, in case you've somehow learned to read since the OP.....
1 - Eleven teens die each day because of texting while driving. Maybe it's time to raise the age of Smart phone ownership to 21.
2 - If gun control laws actually worked, Chicago would be Mayberry.
3 - The Second Amendment makes more women equal than the entire feminist movement.
4 - Legal gun owners have 300 million guns and probably a trillion rounds of ammo. Seriously, folks, if we were the problem, you'd know it.
5 - When JFK was killed, nobody blamed the rifle
6 - The NRA murders 0 people and receives $0 in government funds. Planned Parenthood kills 350,000 babies every year and receives $500,000,000 in tax dollars annually.
7 - I have no problem with vigorous background checks when it comes to firearms. While we're at it, let's do the same when it comes to immigration, Voter I.D and Candidates running for office. Also for welfare recipients.
8 - You don't need a smoke detector; that's what the fire department is for. Now...if you think that sounds stupid, you know how I feel when you say I don't need a gun.
9 - Folks keep talking about another Civil War. One side knows how to shoot and has a trillion bullets. The other side has crying closets and is confused about which bathroom to use. How do you think that's going to end?
FAR MORE PEOPLE ARE TORTURED AND DIE ANNUALLY IN COUNTRIES WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT OWN GUNS THAN IN COUNTRIES WHERE GUN OWNERSHIP IS COMMON.
If North Koreans all owned guns, the country would have a Disney Theme park
If all Iranians owned guns, Tehran would be a safe, top tourist destination for US citizens
If all Chinese citizens were armed, the US and China would likely be allies.
If all Russian citizens were armed, Putin would be a laundry detergent spokesman, albeit a tough one you wouldn't mess with.