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2023-05-04 22:32:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 621E46D684B75C44A0E50F825E7CA1C2D27F26B055C3C300EFD7C5872A8D6835
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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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