An ordinance set for consideration on Thursday would attempt to salvage the county’s Firearms Tax, but it still may not pass legal muster. [ripster8 on Unsplash]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is proposing to reshuffle the county’s tax on guns and ammunition in an attempt to save the revenue stream after it was struck down by the Illinois Supreme Court last month. But the patch would still leave the tax unconstitutional, according to at least one court justice.