Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-06 04:33:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B5E8332B8D485B113BB50C1BDA6ED0FFDF207EF4EEB1897C0C35485E938A12D6
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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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