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2023-05-05 03:34:21 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 94CB4C2D9F38BBA6D6924234D43C919EDF4576C0CA039BF6A5FFC4C70E3602C5
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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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