The "NRA university" held a class at CPAC just now, providing keen students with a series of figures and phrases and commanding them to go forth and spread the word.

The session sought to play down the links between guns and crime by dispelling what the NRA said were "gun control myths."

An NRA member told the crowd that one of the myths was that requiring all guns and ammunition to be registered would lead to less gun violence. "Registration will not do anything but prohibit law abiding citizens" from their right to bear arms, we learned.

The lecturer also revealed that "guns are involved in 0.5% of accidental deaths in the US" and that "you're more likely to from a hammer than you are from an assault weapon".

Assault weapons were discussed too. "I'm sure when you guys think of an assault weapon, this is what you think of," the NRA man said. He then played a 20 second clip of Arnold Schwarzenegger firing a machine gun in the film "Predator". This was contrasted with a clip of several people firing single rounds from AR-15 semi automatic-style weapons, prompting laughter.

A woman from the NRA (the Guardian did not manage to get names) then took to the lectern to announce that "we're currently in the fight of our lives for out second amendment rights, right now."

"Why is the NRA successful?" she asked. The answer was "because gun owners in this country are so passionate". The NRA has around four million members. The population of the US is roughly 313m.

"The NRA did everything possible" to try and defeat Obama, the lecturer said, but try as they might they could not win over young people. "The other side is winning in the game to get young voters."

It is the job of NRA university graduates to change that.