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2023-05-05 00:37:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BC6A60A6879913D573A66402391FCE9D71522134AE8F32749D568FB46B608B61
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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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