LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: In Washington today, President Clinton is expected to announce plans for a tougher enforcement of gun laws. CNN's Carl Rochelle is at the White House this morning. He's got that and more on the president's day. Carl, good morning.</s>CARL ROCHELLE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Leon. Well, President Clinton is expected to make that announcement in Boston today. Here's what government sources say we can expect to hear: Mr. Clinton telling us that federal prosecution of criminal gun laws increased by 25 percent in the last year. He'll also call for even tougher statutes to enforce firearms, proposing to add about 500 Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agents, plus about 1,000 prosecutors at the federal, state and local levels. And Mr. Clinton will request $280 million more in the fiscal year 2001 budget to pay for new agents and prosecutors, to create the first nationally integrated ballistics testing system, and expand crime gun tracing to catch more criminals. Now, the White House also wants to fund stepped up media campaigns to discourage gun violence, and it wants to expand the development of smart-gun technologies that limit the use of firearms to those who own them. Mr. Clinton heads out of here for Boston before lunch today; he'll be joined by Attorney General Janet Reno to make the announcement. Government officials say they're trying to replicate the Boston Gun Project, a gun project that put federal, state and local law enforcement officials together to improve the administration of federal firearms statutes. I'm Carl Rochelle, CNN, reporting live from the White House.</s>HARRIS: All right, thank you, Carl.
President Clinton Expected to Announce Plans for Tougher Enforcement of Gun Laws