Russian social media agitators who pushed pro-gun messages in the United States sometimes copied the language of the National Rifle Association. And sometimes, the NRA copied them.
What isn’t clear is whether there was any relationship between the social media users or whether the duplication was done without the other’s awareness, part of the broader tide of advocacy about gun rights.
What is clear is that, at times, the Russians followed so closely behind the American gun rights group that it duplicated its content word for word.
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