NRA accounts go dark after Sandy Hook shooting


Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

December 28, 2012

The National Rifle Association has put its social media accounts on lock-down, and you don't have to dig deep to see why. The last tweet from the association's main account, sent at 9:36 a.m. Friday, shortly before news of the Newtown, Conn. shooting broke, earned dozens of outraged responses in the hours after.

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