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Guam

Does not honor out-of-state carry permits.

Minimum carry age: not specified

10 GCA 60109.1(b)(1): Guam Police Department 'shall issue a license if the applicant... is a resident of Guam' -- non-residents cannot obtain a Guam CCW license at all. 60127 carves out visitors explicitly: transiting persons 'shall not have in their possession any firearm on Guam without first obtaining permission therefor from the Chief of Police' -- no statutory recognition of any other jurisdiction's permit. No permitless carry.

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Reciprocity status reviewed August 2026.

Quick reference

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Where you can carry in Guam

23 specific questions, each with its own answer and, where one was found, a real source.

Reviewed September 2026. First-pass research: sourced per answer below, not yet independently re-verified line by line.

Open carry allowed in this state

Depends

A single secondary source (Wikipedia, citing Guam Code §60109 and Bill 296-32) states Guam allows open carry of handguns and long guns for anyone holding a Firearms ID card, and that Guam converted from 'may-issue' to 'shall-issue' carry licensing. I could not independently reach the Guam Code or Guam Police Department to confirm this primary-source claim this session (fetch attempts failed). Marking conditional rather than a flat 'yes' given the single-source limitation on a fact that could get someone arrested if wrong.

Source (2016-01-01) →

Places of worship

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam converted to shall-issue concealed carry licensing, but I could not find a specific, citable provision (Guam law, Title 60-ish weapons chapter) addressing places of worship specifically. Marked unclear rather than guessed.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Restaurants that serve alcohol

Unclear — needs a human look

Attempted to fetch a Guam public law directly; the fetch returned no usable content, and no reliable secondary source addressing restaurant/bar carry for Guam firearm identification card holders was found. No usable source found.

Boats

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam Code Title 10, Division 3, Chapter 60 governs firearms generally (registration, possession by new residents, etc.), but I could not confirm Guam's carry-licensing regime or any location-specific (including vessel) restrictions from a primary source within this research.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Government buildings

Depends

10 GCA §60109.1(L) lists specific places a concealed-firearms license does NOT authorize carry into: any detention facility, 'any Courthouse' (with an exception letting a judge carry/authorize carry in his or her own courtroom), the Guam Legislature building, posted private property, and Guam Police Department property — a defined, closed list. It does not include a catch-all 'any government building' provision, so an ordinary Guam government office (e.g., a DMV-equivalent or mayor's office) is not on the off-limits list and appears to be allowed for a license holder, while a courthouse is explicitly banned.

Source (2021-12-27) →

Universities — public or private

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam became a "shall issue" concealed-carry jurisdiction via Public Law 36-023 (Bill 296-32), but attempts to retrieve the actual bill/code text describing prohibited locations failed (404/redirect errors), and no source found addressed university/college campuses (e.g., University of Guam) specifically. Flagging as unclear rather than guessing.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Private property open to the public

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam converted to shall-issue concealed carry licensing (Bill 296-32), but no reliable, specific source was found addressing whether ordinary private businesses are opt-out or require affirmative posted permission for carry.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Private property — is owner permission required

Depends

Two independent secondary sources (CCWCalc, citing 10 GCA 60109.1(l)(1)(E); and a Wikipedia-sourced summary of Title 10, Div. 3, Ch. 60) both describe an opt-out rule: a concealed-carry license does not authorize carry where the property owner/lessee has prohibited it AND posted the prohibition. This is consistent with the national default. However, I could not independently confirm this from the official primary Guam Code text — Justia's chapter page for Guam Title 10 only offers a bulk PDF download that I was unable to render/search in this session — so this rests on secondary-source corroboration only, not a directly-read primary source.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Airports (non-secure areas)

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam converted from a 'may issue' to a 'shall issue' concealed-carry jurisdiction under Bill 296-32, per Wikipedia's 'Gun laws in Guam,' but neither that source nor the bill text itself (which I was unable to load — the linked PDF returned no readable content) addresses airport-specific carry rules. Genuinely could not find a reliable answer for Guam.

Source (2026-09-01) →

In a vehicle while traveling

Depends

Guam converted from a 'may issue' concealed-carry permit system (approving only ~50/year) to 'shall issue' via Bill 296-32, signed by then-Governor Eddie Calvo — so a CCW-eligible person can now more reliably get a Guam concealed carry license (10 GCA §60109) covering vehicle carry. Alternatively, a 3-year Firearm ID card allows OPEN carry without the CCW license. I could not confirm the exact effective date, nor find a specific vehicle-only carve-out, and could not get a working fetch of an official Guam government/legislature source this session — treat this as a reasonably-corroborated secondary-source answer, not an officially-confirmed one.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Hospitals / doctor's offices

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam moved to 'shall-issue' concealed carry via Bill 296-32 (signed by Gov. Calvo), per available secondary sourcing, but no source found addressed hospital- or medical-office-specific carry restrictions on Guam. Could not confirm either way.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Rest areas, in a vehicle

Depends

Guam moved from may-issue to shall-issue for concealed/open carry under Bill 296-32 (signed by the Governor c. 2018). I could not load Guam's actual public law text or a GovGuam source describing a prohibited-places or vehicle-carry list; my only source is a general Wikipedia summary. The overall shall-issue framework is reasonably established, but the rest-area-specific question is unconfirmed, so I'm marking this conditional rather than a confirmed yes.

Source (2018-01-01) →

Duty to inform police or other authorities if asked

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam's concealed-carry regime changed substantially in recent years (litigation forced a shift toward shall-issue after Bruen), but no reliable source was found addressing a duty to inform law enforcement specifically. Wikipedia's Guam gun-law page does not cover this point, and Guam's own code text was not reachable. Genuine research gap.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Can a non-resident apply for a permit

Depends

10 GCA § 60108(b) requires Guam residency for the "shall issue" concealed-firearms endorsement route. A widely cited secondary compilation (handgunlaw.us) states Guam also has a discretionary "may issue" concealed-carry route (10 GCA § 60109 area) with no residency requirement, though issuance there is at Guam Police Department discretion rather than guaranteed. I could not independently confirm the "may issue" track's exact text from an official Guam source, so treat this with caution and confirm directly with GPD Records & Identification Section before relying on it.

Source (2026-09-01) →

K-12 school zones

No

Read the full official text of 9 Guam Code Ann. Chapter 71, 'The Guam Gun-Free School Zone Act of 2004' (from Guam's official courts law-library PDF). §71.20(a) defines 'school zone' as the area in or on the grounds of a K-12 school (not a 1,000-ft buffer — Guam's own definition is narrower than federal law but stricter in effect since it has no permit exception). §71.30 makes it a THIRD-DEGREE FELONY for ANY person to possess a firearm there. The chapter's only exceptions (§§71.81-71.83) are for peace officers/military, on-duty security guards contracted by the school, and existing shooting ranges — there is no exception anywhere in the chapter for a person with a Guam concealed-carry endorsement on their Firearms ID Card.

Source (2004-01-01) →

Is a posted "no guns" sign criminally enforceable, or just a request

Unclear — needs a human look

Guam's carry-permit regime changed substantially post-Bruen (its may-issue system was successfully challenged), but I could not find a reliable source addressing a private-property signage rule specifically. Marked unclear.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Does state law preempt local/city carry ordinances

Depends

Guam is a shall-issue territory under Guam Code Ann. § 60109 (following Bill 296-32, signed by Gov. Calvo), administered as a single territorial system; no evidence was found of villages having independent lawmaking authority over firearms. However, no explicit preemption clause was located and the NRA-ILA page for Guam did not address local/village authority at all, so this remains only lightly corroborated.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Polling places

Unclear — needs a human look

No specific Guam statute addressing firearms at polling places was located; Guam Code Title 10, Division 3, Chapter 60 (firearms) could not be directly reviewed for this specific provision (source page inaccessible), and no secondary source discussing polling-place carry in Guam was found despite Guam having active 2026 elections. Given thin available sourcing for this specific question, 'unclear' rather than a guess.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Magazine capacity restricted

No

No magazine capacity restriction found in Guam law.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Red flag / extreme risk protection order law

No

No extreme risk protection order/red flag statute found for Guam; Guam is absent from all national ERPO trackers checked, and Guam's general gun-law overview (permits, registration, carry, Weapons Control Act) contains no risk-based removal provision.

Source (2026-09-01) →

NFA weapons allowed (suppressors, SBR/SBS, etc.)

No

Per a secondary compilation (citing Guam Code Annotated Title 10 §§60103, 60106, 60109, 60110 and NRA-ILA's Guam page), short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, machine guns, and suppressors/silencers are ALL prohibited for civilians regardless of federal NFA compliance; destructive devices and AOWs are listed as legal once a federal tax stamp is obtained. Extensive attempts to reach the primary Guam Code Annotated text directly were blocked/unreachable, so this rests on secondary compilation rather than verified primary statute text. No NFA-dealer/FFL directory checked lists Guam as a serviced jurisdiction, consistent with these categories being unavailable in practice as well as by law.

Source (2026-09-01) →

Duty to retreat before using force in self-defense

Depends

Secondary news reporting (The Guam Daily Post) describes current Guam law as Castle-Doctrine-only: people are exempt from any retreat requirement only in their home, place of work, or vehicle; deadly force elsewhere is not justifiable if it could be avoided by retreating with complete safety. A 2022 legislative proposal (Bill 12-36) sought to extend 'stand your ground' to anywhere a person is lawfully present but could not be confirmed as enacted, so the castle-doctrine-only rule appears to remain current. No duty at home/work/vehicle; duty elsewhere if retreat is safe. Secondary source only — verify current statutory text before relying on this operationally.

Source (2026-09-01) →

"Universal" background checks required for private transfers

Yes

10 Guam Code Ann., ch. 60 (Guam Firearms Law) requires a Firearms Identification Card -- issued only after a background check -- to acquire any firearm, and per secondary summaries of the GPD-published firearms law, it is unlawful to transact a private sale, loan, gift, or transfer without seeing the recipient's valid identification card, with the transfer registered through GPD. Caveat: the primary GCA text (a scanned PDF hosted by GPD) could not be parsed during this research, so the exact section number for the private-transfer provision is not independently confirmed here -- this rests on secondary compilations rather than a directly quoted statute.

Source (2026-09-01) →

This is information, not legal advice, and it can be wrong or out of date — carry law changes without notice and varies by locality in ways a single page can't fully capture. Verify anything load-bearing against the official source linked above and each answer's own citation before you rely on it.