(CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Gov Pritzker Monday signed a pair of bills meant to address gun safety.

“HB 1373 requires firearm tracing in all cases where a gun is recovered at the scene of a crime or is believed to be associated with a crime,” the governor said at a bill-signing ceremony in Chicago.”Through the eTrace platform, Illinois police will provide investigators with complete information on crime patterns.”

The second bill addresses gun storage. “SB 8 strengthens gun storage laws,” said State Sen. Laura Ellman (D-Naperville) “For far too long, we have tolerated gun deaths – children and teenagers and family members being torn apart by guns found in the home or in the car.”

State Sen. Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) emailed the following statement:

“These two bills chip away at personal responsibility and constitutional freedoms under the guise of ‘safety’. Forcing law-abiding citizens to jump through bureaucratic hoops while violent offenders walk free in Chicago is nothing more than virtue signaling. It is certainly not an effort to improve public safety.

“Mandating onerous gun storage rules and forcing cops into a federal tracking scheme like eTrace is just more government surveillance wrapped in feel-good rhetoric. If Democrats spent half as much time locking up criminals as they do harassing gun owners, Illinois might actually be safe.”