Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-04 23:55:45 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 183B30EFAA669F1B82EFA9133A2CABAC2C58404A608BA3183E6A244C680390BB
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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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