NRA is the nation's leader in firearms education and safety training. Since 1982, NRA has trained in excess of 15 million Americans to safely own and use firearms. NRA's Education & Training Division now has over 50,000 Certified Instructors who train about 750,000 gun owners a year. Additionally, nearly 2,300 coaches are specially trained to work with young competitive shooters.
NRA works closely with our nation's law enforcement officers and NRA's Law Enforcement Activities Division now has more than 12,000 NRA-certified law enforcement instructors who have trained tens of thousands of our nation's law enforcement officers.
Over the past 14 years, NRA's Refuse To Be A Victim® seminars have helped men and women across the country develop their own personal safety plan using common sense strategies.
NRA's Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program teaches children in pre-K through third grade four important steps to take if they find a gun. These steps are presented by the program's mascot, Eddie Eagle®, in an easy-to-remember format consisting of the following simple rules:
If you see a gun:
STOP!
Don't Touch.
Leave the Area.
Tell an Adult.
Begun in 1988, The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program has reached more than 20 million children -- in all 50 states. This program was developed through the combined efforts of such qualified professionals as clinical psychologists, reading specialists, teachers, curriculum specialists, urban housing safety officials, and law enforcement personnel.
NRA's Women On Target program is designed to create more hunting and shooting opportunities for women. According to National Sporting Goods Association as of 2005 there are 3.2 million women who hunt and an additional 5 million women who target shoot. These numbers are steadily increasing.
Fulfilling its mission to "create opportunities, encourage, educate, and mentor women's responsible participation in the recreational shooting and hunting sports," Women On Target is helping women learn shooting and hunting skills in a safe and supportive women-only atmosphere!
For more information on NRA Education and Safety Programs, please visit NRA's homepage
For more information on how to protect your Second Amendment rights, please visit NRA-ILA.org
The National Rifle Association(NRA), founded in 1871, is America's oldest civil rights organization--38 years older than the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and 59 years older that the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Firearms Ownership in America - A Guide for Students
ABOUT NRA:
While widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world.
But our successes would not be possible without the tireless efforts and countless hours of service our nearly four million members have given to champion Second Amendment rights and support NRA programs.
As former Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos said, "Let me make one small vote for the NRA. They're good citizens. They call their Congressmen. They write. They vote. They contribute. And they get what they want over time."
Eight U.S. Presidents have been NRA members. They are Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Bush. READ MORE
The annual number of accidental gun deaths among children has declined 89% since 1975. Today, the odds against a child dying in a gun accident are a million to one. Seventy-eight times as many children die in accidents involving or due to motor vehicles, suffocation, drowning, fire, bicycles and falls. (National Center for Health Statistics)
People who use firearms for protection are statistically less likely to be injured in a criminal attack than people who use other means of protection or no protection at all. (Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control, Gary Kleck, Aldine de Gruyter, 1997) READ MORE
"Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered." -- Archibald Macleish
