American Samoa § 46.4202 - Prohibited weapons.

§ 46.4202. Prohibited weapons.

(a) A person commits a crime if he knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs or sells: (1) an explosive weapon; (2) a machine gun; (3) a gas gun; (4) a short barreled rifle or shotgun; (5) a firearm silencer; (6) a switchblade knife; (7) knuckles; (8) any other arms, as defined in section 46.4220, for which a valid license from the Commissioner of Public Safety has not been obtained. (b) A person does not commit a crime under this section if his conduct: (1) was incident to the performance of official duty by the armed forces, a governmental law enforcement agency, or a penal institution; (2) was incident to engaging in a lawful commercial or business transaction with an organization listed in paragraph (b) (1); or (3) was incident to using an explosive weapon in a manner reasonably related to a lawful industrial or commercial enterprise; (4) was incident to displaying the weapon in a public museum or exhibition: or (5) was incident to dealing with the weapon solely as a curio, ornament, or keepsake, or to using it in a manner reasonably related to a lawful dramatic performance; but if the weapon is a type described in paragraph (a) (1), (3), (4) or (5), it must be in a nonfunctioning condition that it cannot readily be made operable. No machine gun may be possessed, manufactured, transported, repaired, or sold as a curio, ornament, or keepsake even if it is inoperable and cannot readily be made operable. (c) The defendant has the burden of injecting the issue of an exemption under subsection (b). (d) A crime under paragraph (a) (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) is a class C felony; a crime under paragraph (a) (6), (7) or (8) is a class A misdemeanor Research Guide: MPCC 16.020, 23 ASC 1-15.