11.   Asked if he thinks Congress will pass tougher gun laws, Campbell said Americans are demanding it.

12.   Attorney General John Ashcroft, a longtime opponent of gun control, said one of his priorities is to intensify enforcement of federal gun laws.

13.   Blek, without explicitly endorsing Gore, complained that the leadership of the Republican Party had not heard the voices of mothers who want stronger gun laws.

14.   A common thread that ran through the anti-ATF charges was the brutal enforcement of federal gun laws.

15.   A mass shooting in Tasmania a few weeks later also led Australia to tighten its gun laws.

16.   A group of chiefs will meet in Washington this week to lobby for gun laws.

17.   A spokesman for Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho and an NRA board member, said the Colorado gunmen broke several existing gun laws.

18.   A zero-tolerance gun law is pending in the Michigan legislature.

19.   Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said Wednesday the Texas governor prefers to enforce existing gun laws rather than pass new ones, and believes strong leadership can quell gun violence.

20.   Bush, as he has done before, accused the Clinton administration of being lax in enforcing existing gun laws.