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2023-05-05 01:41:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EB62EFAA6D22A71EC521024F538C1D2F7ED7BAD5A175B7A4810D5E1ED169E1B6
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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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