This morning in the chaotic hours after the #theatershooting in Denver, CO, the National Rifle Association‘s Twitter account @NRA_Rifleman tweeted a very cheerful tweet:
sent 9:20 am EST: "@nra_rifleman: Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday! Weekend plans?—
Edmund Lee (@edmundlee) July 20, 2012
The tweet was quickly retweeted and people responded in disbelief. Later this afternoon I was pointed to the account again and it turned out, that NRA deleted the whole account – not just the unfortunate tweet:
