Gun safe manufacturer gave FBI code to unlock someone's safe: report

A manufacturer who makes gun safes is facing tons of criticism from people on social media after the company gave the FBI information to help them unlock someone's safe as part of a search warrant. Trending Politics News reported on this, saying the following in a news report article:

The largest American gun manufacturer has allegedly turned over the access code for a safe owned by a private citizen who participated in the January 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol, leading FBI agents to raid the man’s house.

Liberty Safe, founded in 1988 and boasting nearly $70 million in annual sales, earlier this year provided the FBI with the six-digit code to the safe of Nathan Hughes of Arkansas whose home was raided on August 30th as the Bureau searched his property for evidence that could lead to criminal prosecution as part of J6.

In a public statement, the company defended its decision and distanced itself from the FBI’s investigation.

“On August 30, 2023, Liberty Safe was contacted by the FBI requesting the access code to the safe of an individual for whom they had a warrant to search their property. 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,” the company wrote.