At this point, I see two problems with Kreb's article.

First, to me only the VA tweet was specific to 2nd Amendment. The others were not. I presume VA was specifically noted because of the recent gun law past there.

Second, this smells more like domain kiting or tasting where it worked. Most seem to jump on the "political" bandwagon on the intention of the domain owner. I disagree. Kreb points to "were created just hours after", "Web site design company", and "promoted nothing but spammy paid surveys for years". That reads to me more like an web marketing opportunist trying to get eyeballs for ad revenue.