Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-06 13:34:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CC5D67ED1312B540FA6D82A31376B3CB4BCC8395557D269A5233AB3C0777D4F0
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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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