Clinton: Gun Lobby Guts Bill

President Clinton accused the Republican-controlled House on Saturday of bowing to “the back-alley whispers of the gun lobby” by gutting anti-terrorism legislation he submitted responding to the Oklahoma City bombing last year.

“The House took the teeth out of our efforts to fight terrorism,” Clinton said in his weekly radio address. “We can’t let the gun lobby turn America into a safe house for terrorists.”

Clinton, who met with European and regional leaders in Egypt this week to accelerate international efforts to oppose terrorist bombings in Israel, said U.S. efforts are meeting with some success.

“Yet, on the same day I was in the Middle East rallying the world community to fight terrorism, some in Congress, led by Republicans, were taking apart piece by piece the tough legislation designed to beat back that very threat,” Clinton said.