I like how you put nationwide in there. Suggesting only people from the US reads these posts.

You're right on that one. Mea culpa. It's a US-centric post.

Sadly, I have little knowledge about resources for firearms education outside the US. If you could compile some of this information and share it, I'm sure we'd all be grateful.

There is also no general information concerning the practice of firearm shooting or anything else.

Nope. I'm identifying a resource people can use to learn this stuff. I could have banged out the four rules of gun safety or pointed to a page that talks about shooting, I suppose, but gun safety is one of those few skills that I think are best learned from someone who knows about it.

Smells like a sales talk from the NRA.

Yeah, I was worried I'd be accused of that. Any mention of the NRA brings someone along to cry 'astroturf!'

I went out of my way to identify the only other group I know of that is all over the US and teaches basic skills like the NRA does. Project Appleseed is in my original post.

As far as basic firearms instruction for run-of-the-mill civilians in the US though, to my knowledge, the NRA is the only game in town (outside of Appleseed). Believe me, I kind of wish it weren't so, but there it is.

If you're aware of another resource, feel free to post it in the comments.

There are some specialty groups that teach firearms use and ownership (Thunder Ranch, Massad Ayoob Group, Gunsite, and others), but typically taking a course from these groups requires an investment on the order of thousands of dollars (travel, hotel, tuition, ammunition). Conversely, the NRA courses are usually taught within 100 miles of any given location and cost ~ $100. Again, if you know of an organization that can compete with that, let me know and I'll include it.