Finally. This should already be commonplace in campaign appearances and debate answers. Republicans have been far too quiet about it. Maybe that will change now.

He called Fast and Furious a “bureaucratic bungling” that had made guarding the border “substantially more dangerous.”

“Our own federal government provided more than 2,000 firearms to some of the most dangerous criminals in North of America, many of which are still unaccounted for,” Perry told the audience at the annual Federal Law Enforcement Foundation luncheon, held at a hotel in New York City.

“Federal law enforcement officials deserve an attorney general who displays the same courage and the sense of responsibility with which they serve,” he added. “And America deserves a president and a Congress willing to give law enforcement officials the support they need to truly secure our borders.”

Good.