'Your voice WORKS': Liberty Safe RESPONDS to backlash over FBI 'backdoor access'



If you take the DOJ seriously, you might be swayed to think that, as Stu Burguiere puts it, “all insurrections start with Infowars-branded Space Force shirts.”

This is what the DOJ noted 34-year-old Nathan Hughes to be wearing on January 6th, when he allegedly assisted rioters in physical attacks on the police.

Hughes was charged with a felony offense of civil disorder and several misdemeanor offenses related to the protest at the Capitol.

FBI agents arrested Hughes and raided his home in Arkansas, where they found a locked gun safe. They then contacted the company that made his safe to get his access code. Liberty Safe — one of the largest gun safe manufacturers in the country and whose marketing caters to freedom-loving Americans — complied.

The company gave the access code of a private citizen to the FBI because the agency had a basic warrant, and now Liberty Safe faces a similar fate to that of Bud Light.

Glenn Beck isn’t buying any of it.

“The Arkansas Times noted that the FBI was able to identify Hughes on the basis of ‘the distinct notches at the top of his ears,’” Glenn says, adding that this is interesting because agents can’t find the pipe bomber, even though they have his face; can’t find the guy captured in clear photos who was up on the scaffolding; and can’t find the fence cutter.

“Those people all had smooth ears, no notches,” Stu says, deadpan.

The conservative community is outraged, and Liberty Safe is clearly listening — and worried.

In its most recent statement, the company claims it will now give customers the ability to have records of their access codes expunged.

“That should have been done in the first place,” Glenn says.


The backlash was swift after Liberty Safe acknowledged that it has a database of secret access codes for its safes that it would hand over to law enforcement...

Liberty Safe is already getting the Bud Light treatment



Liberty Safe has just become the Bud Light of safes.

As one of the largest gun safe manufacturers in the country, the company essentially threw away its consumer base when it gave a private citizen’s access code to the FBI during a raid on the citizen's home.

While FBI agents were arresting the man, they raided his home in Arkansas and contacted Liberty Safe to get an access code to his gun safe.

The man in question, 34-year-old Nathan Hughes of Arkansas, has been charged with a felony offense of civil disorder. Hughes has also been charged with misdemeanor offenses related to the protest at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

According to the DOJ, in surveillance footage, Hughes was wearing an Infowars-branded Space Force shirt, which Sara Gonzales believes they included to make him seem “automatically guilty.”

The DOJ also claims that he “helped other rioters physically fight police.”

Conservatives across the board are not happy.

“If he physically fought police, then you would just say ‘he fought police,’ but how did he help other rioters do that? I’m not quite clear, maybe he brought them a cup of water, thus destroying our sacred democracy,” Gonzales quips.

Liberty Safe released a statement saying, “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 also denied knowing any details surrounding the investigation and claimed to be “devoted to protecting the personal property and 2nd amendment rights” of its customers.


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Liberty Safe in full damage-control mode over backlash for giving FBI backdoor access to customer's safe — but it's not working



Liberty Safe, the prominent gun safe company, promised Wednesday to give customers more freedom to prevent unwanted obtrusions into their safes.

What is the background?

The company is facing intense backlash after admitting it provided a customer's safe code to the FBI. That customer, an accused Jan. 6 protester, had his safe breached last month after the FBI, with a search warrant in hand, asked Liberty Safe to give the bureau the code to the customer's safe — and the company complied.

Liberty Safe confirmed in a statement that company "protocol is to provide access codes to law enforcement if a warrant grants them access to a property."

Ironically, Liberty Safe claims it is committed "to protecting the personal property and 2nd amendment rights of our customers" and "to preserving our customers' rights, and we will remain unwavering in those values."

What is happening now?

Liberty Safe released a statement late Wednesday announcing a policy change that allows customers to erase their safe codes from Liberty Safe's records.

"Effective immediately, existing customers can visit www.https://www.libertysafe.com/pages/combination-removal and fill out the form to have records of the access codes expunged," the company said in a statement. "In the coming weeks, we will be releasing a feature that gives every new customer this option when registering their safe."

"This change allows customers to take control of how their information is stored and protected," the statement added. "We understand that many of our customers are willing to assume responsibility of safeguarding their own combination. While those who opt out of our data storage process will have limited recourse in case of a lost combination, we respect their choice and are here to support them in the way that's best for them."

Importantly, Liberty Safe is also changing how it cooperates with law enforcement.

Now, instead of providing access codes when presented with a warrant, Liberty Safe "will require a subpoena that legally compels Liberty Safe to supply access codes."

The caveat, the company noted, is that subpoena compliance can only happen if someone's code remains in the company's database.

— (@)

For many customers, however, the policy change is too little, too late.

  • "Seems like an admission that you provided access codes without a subpoena in the past.Sorry. Trust lost forever. You'll never get mine back," one person said.
  • "How can we trust there aren't any more secret access codes, though?" one customer asked.
  • "Well, good on you for making the policy change. But the damage is already done. If the FBI had a warrant for the homeowners' property, it should be the homeowners' responsibility to give the code," another person said.
  • "[W]hy in God's name would you provide the code without a subpoena?Where is the apology?" one person asked.
  • "The last thing I’m doing is visiting your website and giving you MORE of my personal information," one person said.
  • "The problem is you don’t actually stand for liberty. You are doing this because you were called out- Not because of your core values. Bye," another person responded.
  • "Your apology is missing the apology part," one person observed.
  • "Opt out? How about YOU should have ASKED customers if they want to opt in," another person suggested.

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Liberty Safe Let FBI Seize Customer’s Gun Safe Contents Without A Court Order

The manufacturer confessed on Tuesday that it retains a master safe code and will hand that combo over to the FBI even without a court order.

Liberty Safe blasted over admission that it voluntarily gave FBI the access code to Jan. 6 protester's gun safe: 'Start marketing your stuff as Bud Light storage'



A prominent gun safe company has come under fire after admitting that it voluntarily provided the access code for a customer's safe to the FBI.

Liberty Safe's attempt to explain why the company readily surrendered a January 6 protester's code has not gone over well, prompting critics to threaten giving the company "the Bud Light treatment."

What's the background?

Nathan Earl Hughes, 34, was arrested on Aug. 30 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on felony and misdemeanor charges.

According to the Biden Department of Justice, Hughes, spotted wearing an "Infowars"-branded Space Force shirt in the vicinity of the Lower West Terrace tunnel at the Capitol on Jan. 6, allegedly "helped other rioters physically fight police in an attempt to breach the line and enter the U.S. Capitol building."

Extra to his social media posts, the Arkansas Times indicated that the FBI was able to identify Hughes on the basis of the "distinct notches at the top of his ears."

Hughes is apparently known to the twin conservative commentators Keith and Kevin Hodge, who claimed on X, "Last week, a friend of ours was raided by the feds over J6."

"Nate was raided by the FBI and arrested at gun point. His girlfriend (who just had a miscarriage) was held at gun point and put in handcuffs. The FBI turned off his security cameras, unplugged his internet, and flipped his house upside down in a search," stated the Hodgetwins account. "The feds called the manufacturer of his Liberty Gun Safe and got the passcode to get into it too. All for protesting at the Capitol over 2 1/2 years ago."

Video of Hughes' arrest shows at least five armed federal agents taking him into custody.

A second video shows a cavalcade of cars pulling up to what is apparently Hughes' property ahead of a raid made easier by Liberty Safe's compliance.

\ud83d\udea8 Last week, a friend of ours was raided by the feds over J6, his name is Nathan Hughes and he\u2019s from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Nate was raided by the FBI and arrested at gun point. His girlfriend (who just had a miscarriage) was held at gun point and put in handcuffs. The FBI\u2026
— Hodgetwins (@Hodgetwins) 1693873353

Not so safe

Just over 24 hours after the Hodgetwins detailed what had happened on X, Liberty Safe confirmed in social media posts on Instagram, Facebook, and X that the company provided the FBI with the pass code.

"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," said the statement. "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."

Notwithstanding its apparent eagerness to crack its own safe for the benefit of the state, the company noted, "Liberty Safe is devoted to protecting the personal property and 2nd amendment rights of our customers and has repeatedly denied requests for access codes without a warrant in the past. We do not give out combinations without proper legal documentation being provided by authorities."

The company, whose safes in many cases cost several thousands of dollars, concluded by reiterating, "Liberty Safe is committed to preserving our customers’ rights, and we will remain unwavering in those values."

— (@)

As its name would suggest, Liberty Safe specializes in gun safes.

On its website, the company states, "We understand the importance of safeguarding what matters to you — and with our collection of gun safes, you can enjoy peace of mind that comes with knowing that you're protected by the very best America has to offer."

That Hughes' peace of mind was disturbed by the company's uncoerced help prompted outrage online.

Kyle Seraphin, a whistleblower who was an FBI special agent for six years until his suspension in June 2022, suggested, "The irony of the name [of the company] PLUS total cooperation with the government is rich."

The Hodgetwins replied to the company's statement, "And you call yourself 'Liberty'?? Bout to get the Bud Light treatment."

Turning Point Action COO Tyler Bowyer similarly seized upon the Bud Light parallel, writing, "New slogan: 'The Bud Light of Safes!'"

"Absent a court order, you weren't required to give them anything. You voluntarily gave out a combination over a warrant, per your own release, that didn't apply to you or your property," wrote Sean Davis, CEO of the Federalist. "Maybe start marketing your stuff as Bud Light storage."

While many critics took issue with the company's provision of its customer's code, podcaster Tim Pool noted the issue that the company "had the codes in the first place," stressing that "Liberty [S]afes are completely worthless."

Others similarly puzzled over what good it was having a "wildly expensive *safe* if the manufacturer maintains secret back door access they can share with others without your consent."

Since being slammed over its apparent betrayal of a customer's trust, the company has disabled replies on its X posts.

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