Well, Greene County along with KC and STL are the 3 places in Missouri where liberals are stored. We like to keep them away from the normal population so we keep them there.
Ultimately though even if Greene County judges and prosecutors set out to punish Academy Sports it would likely be appealed and turned over. Of course it's BS that AS has to pay those legal fees to defend themselves against a baseless lawsuit in the first place but it's not like we can pass a law that protects gun dealers from being liable for knowingly allowing straw purchases so there has to be some system in place to distinguish between knowingly selling to restricted persons and unknowingly selling to restricted persons. Of course in this case we're talking about ammunition, which as far as I know is not illegal for anyone to possess.