'Your guns are not safe in a Liberty Safe. Return them immediately,' conservative commentator Charlie Kirk wrote on X.
has faced a flood of backlash this week after revealing the company provided an access code to the FBI for"the safe of an individual for who they had a warrant to search their property." The safe belonged to Nathan Hughes, 34, who was wanted by the FBI for alleged crimes related to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Liberty Safe said in a statement posted to X:"Our company protocol is to provide access codes to law enforcement if a warrant grants them access to a property. After receiving the request, we received proof of the valid warrant, and only then did we provide them with an access code. Liberty Safe had no knowledge of any of the details surrounding the investigation at the time."
A worker assembles safes at Liberty Safe Company in Payson, Utah, on March 22, 2022. Liberty Safe is facing criticism on social media after it provided a safe code to the FBI conducting a raid on a man with an open warrant."Your guns are not safe in a Liberty Safe. Return them immediately. Cancel any orders. They will give your passcode to the feds," conservative commentator Charlie Kirk
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