ST. PAUL — A Minnesota lawmaker on Thursday said he plans to close the “loophole” on ghost guns in the 2026 legislative session following a state Supreme Court ruling that guns without serial numbers are legal.

Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, announced in a press release Thursday, Aug. 7, that he plans to introduce legislation to require serial numbers on ghost guns — a term used for both privately made firearms or guns without serial numbers. The announcement from Latz comes following a split Minnesota Supreme Court decision on Wednesday, which ruled that guns without serial numbers are legal in the state.

“No one could’ve foreseen a world where you could print the parts to make a gun at home, but that’s the world we live in today,” Latz said in the release. “This decision makes it

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