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2023-05-05 00:04:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9EC3CCDA2889DC63160520EB4A634C92A32FC3317413BDF3AD0289AF538B7868
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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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