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2023-05-05 02:54:44 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8B043843DBBB928A0396738938AB2E9B5F55B12D1E3C6E7BC9EF3626BBE7529D
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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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