Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-04 22:56:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 62CA38EE94AC8F23D0B4F3ED5AD6CB079C7A0C68FD9C03CB17ABD72835B67032
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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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