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When state lawmakers return from the Thanksgiving break, the House could take up a bill that further expands gun rights in Ohio, by allowing people to carry weapons into buildings that have courtrooms in them, but not when court is in session.

Democratic state lawmakers, Columbus city leaders and activists for gun reforms say gun policies passed by the Ohio Legislature are making cities less safe.

The bill contends owning guns is a Second Amendment right, so the weapons shouldn't be taxed.

There were a lot of questions raised about the Republican-sponsored Ohio House bill that pushes back on federal gun control policy in an unusual way.

The bill features five specific proposals, but doesn't include gun reform ideas that polls have shown have overwhelming support in Ohio and elsewhere.

Nan Whaley, Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, said incumbent Mike DeWine has failed to answer the call by Ohioans to "do something.”

The state is urging law enforcement agencies and courts to use a new digital reporting tool to enter information into state and national criminal databases.

Education groups are voicing their concerns over the new law that takes mandatory training from 700 hours to 24 hours.

The new law establishes that local school districts still have the option to allow teachers and staff to be armed if they receive the new amount of required training.

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) says there are measures in the legislature that can help reduce gun violence while noting that the permitless carry bill he signed into law is simply "consistent" with the U.S. Constitution.