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2023-05-05 01:53:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F4C9EBD6460F3DEC0D7B8B72E7D5348EF1A4AA617ECD4A917C13A2B103D0DB94
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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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