The Safe Gun Storage Act requires owners to keep weapons in a locked box around minors and at-risk individuals. Another bill requires law enforcement agencies to use a federal tracing system to track firearms.

Pritzker acknowledged there is no one reason Chicago's homicide rate is down 3% from last year, shootings down 40%, and carjackings down 50%.

"I’m tired of hearing thoughts and prayers and then nothing gets done, so Illinois is standing up and doing something about it,” the Democratic governor said.