PARIS — The French government on Tuesday announced plans to tighten controls on gun dealers in the country, faced with an increasing wave of armed violence. France's domestic security council (CSI) met on Tuesday and asked the country's defence and interior ministers to draw up new legislation forcing gun shops to seek preliminary authorisation before opening an outlet. At present, would-be gun shop owners need only make an official declaration, which local... (GunPolicy.org)

CHISINAU, Moldova — Pro-Slavic separatists in eastern Moldova are manufacturing weapons for Chechen rebels fighting the Russian army, Foreign Minister Nicolae Cernomaz said Tuesday. The weapons are made by four companies in Trans-Dniester, a Russian and Ukrainian separatist region in the east of the country, Cernomaz asserted. "After several tests, it was proven that many weapons used in Chechnya are produced. in Trans-Dniester," he said on the telephone. He did... (GunPolicy.org)

CUPERTINO — Police said on Tuesday they had thwarted plans for a "Columbine-style" attack on a California community college, arresting a 19-year-old man and seizing weapons including 30 pipe bombs, guns and ammunition. School authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of thousands of students on Tuesday at De Anza Community College in Cupertino, about 45 miles south of San Francisco, as police bomb squads swept the campus. San Jose Police Sgt. Steve Dixon said... (GunPolicy.org)