NRA doubles down on Yeti break-up as cooler, cup owners destroy merch (VIDEOS)

By Chris Eger

Yeti maintains they are strong supporters of the Second Amendment. (Photo: Yeti)
High-end cooler manufacturer Yeti has refuted the nature of how they came to be estranged from the gun rights group, but the National Rifle Association is standing by their story.
As previously reported by Guns.com, the NRA announced that Austin-based Yeti had broken ties with the organization and refused to be a vendor for merchandise to be used in fundraisers. This led to blowback against the popular cooler maker across social media as Yeti offered that the move was a simply a byproduct that arose from getting rid of an obsolete discounting program and that the NRA had mischaracterized the event as something more sinister. On Tuesday, the Second Amendment member organization said Yeti’s statements just added insult to injury.
“Yeti severed ties with the NRA and is now engaging in damage control after a backlash from many of its customers,” Marion Hammer, past NRA president and head of the group’s affiliate organization in Florida, told Guns.com.
“In early March, Yeti refused to place a previously negotiated order from NRA-ILA, citing ‘recent events’ as the reason – a clear reference to the tragedy in Parkland, Florida,” said Hammer, going on to say

Source: Guns.com