10 GCA § 60100
Definitions
View official PDF ↗As used in this Chapter:
(a)“Firearm” means any weapon, the operating force of which is an explosive. This definition includes pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, machine guns, automatic rifles, noxious gas projectors, mortars, bombs, cannon and submachine guns. This definition shall apply to firearm silencers, defined CH. 60 FIREARMS herein as any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for the use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication. The specific mention of certain weapons does not exclude from the definition other weapons operated by explosives.
(b)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
(c)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
(d)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
(e)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
(f)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
(g)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
(h)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
(i)[Implicitly repealed by P.L. 38-031:2 (July 31, 2025).]
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 16-79 § 4 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Enacted by P.L. 20-223 § 3 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 38-31 § 2 — introduced as Bill 27-38 · introduced by William A. Parkinson + 2 cosponsors
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2009 Guam 3 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Gene A. Tennessen, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee (2009) · per Richard H. Benson, J. · cited at ¶12
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.