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We all have to jump through just because you don't like what you're doing! [ cheers and applause ] we don't need other people coming in and butting in to our business. >> the town council in exeter did not even think that they were making a change that was about guns. they were literally just arranging for somebody else to handle the paperwork, but pro-gun activists decided to make an example out of this little town, they're going to make an example out of exeter, rhode island. this was war. and they decided that they would recall all the democrats on the town council who voted for this anti s...

The middle of that storm on saturday in really unexpectedly high numbers to vote on that recall effort, they said no to the recall for all four of the town counselors who the gun folks were trying to recall, exeter, rhode island, said no, no that those town counselors will be able to keep their jobs, thank you very much. they not only said no, they said no loudly. not only was it a big turnout this weekend in exeter, rhode island, the margin was big, too. exeter voted to keep their councillors in their seats by a 2-1 margin. so, that was exeter, rhode island, on saturday. the state digs out of...

Happen. do not despair, though. turns out, this is not the new normal, there is no reason to extrapolate from that result in massachusetts and say, ah, that's the way it's going to be now. and we know that, because less than a week after that election, this past weekend, on saturday, rhode island proved them wrong. saturday was a terrible, terrible day on the east coast in terms of weather. just one of those storms that, i don't know, maybe looked pretty in retrospect on sunday when you could see all the snow that had fallen, but when it was coming down on saturday, it was freaking windy and i...

So, the little town of exeter made the decision that just as state police handle police issues for the town, maybe the state attorney general's office could please handle this permit issue for the town. they did not want to change anything materially about whether or not people get okayed for permits or not. they just wanted somebody to do it who has the ability to do it, because they don't have the ability to do it. and so, they made this request to change the permit paperwork part of it to the attorney general's office instead of being at the local level. that's the change they wanted to mak...

Toward very minor reform of the regulations surrounding gun ownership. >> as the snow falls outside on a frigid saturday night, the heat is on inside exeter town hall. two sealed envelopes containing the results are already in, and after the third one's delivered, it's a matter of minutes before the fate of four council members is known. >> so, they will keep their seats. >> reporter: the council members are relieved and excited to get back to work. they say they will continue to champion their stance on weapons regulation. >> i'm sure if you asked each one of us if we would like the legislatu...