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2023-05-04 21:48:03 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 119EA916B940F820D05C0A9C5276AF82E355F151EC3021CF62DDE30E0BE1A775
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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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