The NRA was set to air ads starting Tuesday, media-buying sources said, with five weeks to go until Virginia's statewide elections. But the group has now gone dark until Oct. 10.
The delayed advertising campaign keeps the NRA off the airwaves in Virginia in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, which authorities have said left more than 50 dead. But a source familiar with the ad buy said the gun-rights group had already shuffled its advertising schedule as part of its campaign strategy and said the delay wasn't related to the Las Vegas shooting.
