The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that it's not illegal to possess a so-called "ghost gun," a firearm that lacks a serial number and is often assembled in parts, after more than a year of deliberations.

In its opinion issued Wednesday, Minnesota's high court determined that the definition of a serial number under state law is unclear since it hinges on a federal law that doesn't require gun markings.

The opinion reverses a Court of Appeals decision that reinstated charges against a man who was in possession of a ghost gun, which he assembled from parts that he purchased, during a 2022 rollover crash in Fridley.

Justice Paul Thissen’s majority opinion concluded that Minnesota's serial number law only applies to a fully manufactured firearm. It was supported by Justices Anne McKeig, G

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