You've got to hand it to Mayor Daley. Hizzoner is nothing if not persistent.

Having had his head handed to him by the Supreme Court for his ban on handgun sales to law abiding citizens, Daley is taking that attitude that if at first you don't succeed...

As expected, Mayor Daley and Chicago's City Council are circling the wagons to defend against an unfavorable decision by the Supreme Court concerning the city's gun ban.

Daley said the city would have in place a new ordinance aimed at making it difficult to purchase and own a gun in Chicago.

"We'll publicly propose a new ordinance very soon," Daley said at an afternoon press conference concerning the gun ban.

"As a city we must continue to stand up ..and fight for a ban on assault weapons .. as well as a crackdown on gun shops," Daley said. "We are a country of laws not a nation of guns."

A "country of laws" indeed. Someone should pass a copy of the Constitution to Daley and point out the Second Amendment to him.