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US Toddlers Involved In Shootings On a Weekly Basis (washingtonpost.com)
New submitter fremsley471 writes with this story by Christopher Ingraham about shooting accidents involving children 3 and under in The United States. There were at least 43 cases this year of shootings involving a toddler. The Washington Post reports: "This week a 2-year-old in South Carolina found a gun in the back seat of the car he was riding in and accidentally shot his grandmother, who was sitting in the passenger seat. This type of thing happens from time to time: a little kid finds a gun, fires it, and hurts or kills himself or someone else. These cases rarely bubble up to the national level except when someone, like a parent, ends up dead. But cases like this happen a lot more frequently than you might think. Briefly sifting through news reports found at least 43 instances this year of somebody being shot by a toddler 3 or younger. In 31 of those 43 cases, a toddler found a gun and shot himself or herself."
"Actually the NRA is the premier organization for firearms safety instruction" You means was.
They Lobby against and law requiring training. You must be thinking of their original mission.
Try reading past the first sentence. That is still their primary mission. They lobby against a government controlled system because such systems could be used to deny ownership. It has been done in the past. Require stamps, permits, etc ... but don't issue any. The NRA merely wants a privately operated instructional system. The NRA believes all firearms owners should be instructed in safety. My father was in the Army, my uncle a police officer, they properly instructed me. In the scouts they had an NRA certified instructor run a class the first night of camp for anyone wishing to use the rifle or skeet range that week. Most guns stores I've seen provide info on where to find safety classes, nearly all run by NRA certified instructors.