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2023-05-04 22:08:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 22D0C23C82A2A472C0C52A70D6DC2E9158F7C9069CD0EB2EF4B0241476CCBADB
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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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