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2023-05-05 01:47:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F21BBCDFFF5605C889EDE5D7E4185433E4E52ADDAF8C4742B64589EDF27FB8D2
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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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