Illinois Governor Pritzker signed two bills Monday that he says will support law enforcement and strengthen common sense gun laws. The first bill requires firearm tracing for all cases where a gun is recovered at the scene of a crime or is associated with a crime.

The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% from the same time period last year in Chicago.

Sharone Mitchell Jr., chief public defender in Illinois' Cook County, tells “Morning in America” that blaming cashless bail for crime rates is a “completely preposterous position.” He says that in the two years since Illinois eliminated cashless bail,

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