1.   Another requires the attorney general to make regular reports on gun prosecutions.

2.   And federal gun prosecutions rose for the final few years of the Clinton administration.

3.   Ashcroft also said federal prosecutors will step up gun crime prosecutions.

4.   Ashcroft recently announced several initiatives to improve the National Instance Background Check System, called NICS, and increase gun prosecutions.

5.   Ashcroft recently announced several initiatives to improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, called NICS, and increase gun prosecutions.

6.   On enforcement, he said Attorney General Janet Reno has tried to increase federal gun prosecutions.

7.   The Clinton administration contends the NRA attack on gun prosecutions misses the point.