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2023-05-05 02:08:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B6B6625BC9E5E7753A723787520D6DFB26F84176B599FCA8FDB14A8F7E0FFBB1
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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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