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2023-05-05 01:47:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2E3A6DB25AE47E2B77DD25FE625D796ABC12FC8C4B3B26563F7F89ED2183FA69
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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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