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Report: Yeti cuts ties with NRA Foundation

Report: Yeti cuts ties with NRA Foundation
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(CNN) - Another company is reportedly cutting ties with the National Rifle Association.

USA Today reports that cooler-maker Yeti is no longer doing business with the NRA’s charitable arm, the NRA Foundation.

The paper cited a letter from an NRA lobbyist who said Yeti is no longer selling products to the foundation.

The lobbyist called the move "unsportsmanlike," saying it was made with no prior notice.

According to USA Today, Yeti did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The paper reports that the NRA Foundation donates to competitive youth shooting teams, like the one that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz belonged to.

The Parkland shooting, which claimed 17 lives, led to renewed calls for stricter gun control and has prompted several large companies to cut ties to the NRA.

Reports of Yeti's move led to calls by gun-rights advocates for a boycott of the company.

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