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2023-05-04 22:04:29 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D0E9074117A12A0B9642F5FEEEEFB3D786528E189EFBD0C0B2C916000D1EE64A
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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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