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2023-05-04 22:56:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BD8F32680BCE92BBBF812B9BFE39E5853F59572EA4594FEACBC2CAF646583F2D
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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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