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2023-05-05 13:29:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0459F7FE14581753AFEE38F3AD5C7ED6391CFBD233904157A2363E7B20BCF034
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Between 2006-2011, the ATF ran Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed illegal straw purchases of firearms (ostensibly to prosecute drug cartels). Numerous guns disappeared in Mexico, no cartel members were prosecuted, and a lost gun was used to murder a Border Patrol agent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal
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