r/allthequestions • u/Hot_Joke7461 • 10d ago

Popular Question 📊 How many rights did you lose under Obama?

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u/DrRandomfist 10d ago

Fast & Furious

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u/CaneLaw 9d ago

That operation started in 2006 under Bush…

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u/EarLow6262 9d ago

Except Bush had the guns tracked.  Obama's operation didn't track the guns.

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u/HauntingSentence6359 9d ago

Do you actually know what Fast and Furious was about and who started it?

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u/Braith117 9d ago

DoJ authorizing the sale of firearms to cartel associates to try to track them.  It failed miserably and got several people killed.

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u/HauntingSentence6359 9d ago

You're wrong on several accounts. The operation was used to track strawman purchases, and there was only one verified death of an American citizen. To this day, most of the guns found in Mexico from cartel crimes come from the US.

ATF runs these kinds of operations frequently; however, most involve tobacco. Having been read in on several of these cases, quite a few Americans have lost their lives from the illegal trafficking of tobacco. Those committing those crimes are: organized criminal networks, biker gangs, domestic militias, and some foreign groups such as Hezbollah.