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2023-05-04 23:01:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 359A1C0F15FD54F6DD37B32E66B27769402C4C3CBB2D5D348D4EB13689EC6D5D
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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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