Knowing your rights to protect your property and your loved ones.  Over the weekend, dozens attended a Castle Doctrine Seminar led by the Office of the Attorney General. The Castle Doctrine Act allows anyone to defend against an intruder both in their homes, and around the home’s curtilage. Participants getting clarity on the law and what it means for them if they are forced to take action. 

An intruder trespasses onto your property.

The homeowner catches them while armed with a gun and opens fire...stopping them in their tracks.

Guam's castle doctrine law allows anyone to defend their homes including the property surrounding it. 

It's the self-defense mentality that brought a crowd to the MTM Community Center Saturday. 

Vincent Aguon said, "I live in a high crime area."

Several participants like Aguon asking Guam's attorney general about the law. 

"So would I be prosecuted for protecting our home using my wife's gun but I don't have permit?" he inquired.

AG Doug Moylan replied, "Technically we could charge you with not having a firearms permit which is a felony and try to get three years in jail but with this AG, would my prosecutors do it? Hell no."

Attendees even recalling last December's home invasion in Dededo when a homeowner was forced to shoot an intruder.

AG Moylan adding you should have a no trespassing sign on your property. 

"When you treat life as being precious and when you respect the law like obviously all of you do, you understand how far to go when needing to protect yourself or to protect a loved one," he said.