In a win for Second Amendment sticklers who refuse to let bygones be bygones, a federal judge in Missouri has greenlit a nominal damages claim against Jackson County over a now-repealed ordinance that crimped gun sales and possession for law-abiding young adults under 21. The ruling in this lawsuit—brought by Firearms Policy Coalition and local plaintiffs—partially tossed the broader claims but kept the door cracked open for that symbolic buck or two in damages. It’s a classic case of judicial jujitsu: the county dodged the big bullets by repealing the law, but the court said, Not so fast—plaintiffs still get their day in court to prove the harm done while the unconstitutional restriction lingered.

This isn’t just legal housekeeping; it’s a sharp reminder of the repeal doesn’t erase doctrine echoing from Bruen onward. Jackson County’s ordinance, much like the ageist gun bans cropping up nationwide post-Bruen, treated 18-20-year-olds as second-class citizens despite their constitutional right to keep and bear arms—a right the Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed applies to all able-bodied adults, not just those over some arbitrary drinking-age cutoff. Nominal damages may sound like peanuts, but they’re pure gold for 2A precedent: they force accountability, rack up attorney fee awards under Section 1988, and signal to gun-grabbing localities that hasty repeals won’t shield them from the sting of judicial smackdowns. We’ve seen this playbook work in cases like Rahimi challenges and state-level flops—petty cash today becomes a blueprint for dismantling tomorrow’s assaults.

For the 2A community, the implications are electric: pile on these suits, and counties will think twice before passing feel-good restrictions they know won’t survive scrutiny. It’s momentum-building ammo amid a post-Bruen barrage of challenges, underscoring that even dead laws leave scars worthy of recompense. Gun owners under 21? Your rights aren’t negotiable—keep the pressure on, and watch local tyrants fold faster than a bad poker hand. Stay vigilant, patriots; victories like this are how we etch the Second Amendment into every courthouse corner.