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2023-05-05 00:05:30 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C48D73ADB88445CC8E63F4EC1ADE4FCEA763C48DD59387F66CF0B70B7684E2F3
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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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