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Members of law enforcement say Ohio's new concealed carry law makes officers and the community less safe. Plus, survivor of the Fifth Third shooting Whitney Austin meets with senators on the bipartisan deal on gun reforms.

Gov. Mike DeWine's GOP base is mostly OK with his approach to gun issues, but the question for DeWine as a candidate for re-election is whether or not he is alienating voters who are fed up with gun violence and mass shootings.

A bipartisan group of senators led by Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, unveiled their proposal over the weekend, which would include incentives for states to pass red-flag laws, funding for school safety and mental health resources, expanded background checks and more.

Administrators are reexamining the designs of school buildings to protect students from an active shooter. "How are we gonna design these schools to where we can educate children and they’re pleasant places to be in where a child doesn’t think, ‘Gosh I go to prison every day,' " says one security consultant.

A similar Florida law mandates 12 hours of diversity training before firearm approval. But Ohio lawmakers say they didn’t consider bias "whatsoever."

As of June 13, Ohio gun owners will no longer have to apply with a sheriff to carry a concealed gun in public. The loosening of gun laws in Ohio is coming as the country grapples with mass shootings and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators have announced a deal for school safety and gun measures.

House Bill 99 allows teachers, staff and volunteers to carry weapons with 24 hours of training, down from more than 700 hours in current law. It comes less than a week after 19 children and two teachers were gunned down in locked classrooms in an elementary school in Texas, with armed law enforcement officers standing outside.

On Monday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the permit-less concealed carry bill into law. He says he was fulfilling a campaign promise, but he handed the Democrats who want his job a campaign issue they can run on.

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

DeWine was in a precarious position with this bill as he faces three Republican primary challengers, all of whom are more supportive of relaxing gun regulations.