Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-05 00:08:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8AAF606C6B42DA1C1C1087F0B36890E753EF3BD6988EA8F504C6F40C1BED01CC
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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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