Reckless Conduct; Defined and Punished

(a) A person is guilty of reckless conduct if he: (1) recklessly engages in conduct which unjustifiably places or may place another in danger of death or serious bodily injury; (2) intentionally points a firearm at or in the direction of another, whether or not the defendant believes it to be loaded. (b) Reckless conduct is a misdemeanor. SOURCE: e.g. Guam §§ 273, 346, 347, 361, 417; cf. §§ 394, 402, 588a; M.P.C. § 211.2; *Cal. § 1520 (T.D.2 1968); Cal. § 840 (1971); Mass. ch. 265, §§ 10 and 11; N.J. § 2C:12-2. COMMENT: § 19.40 supersedes a number of Guam Penal Code provisions punishing conduct which, though fortuitously not resulting an injury, is reckless with the respect to the creation of danger to life. This type of reckless conduct is generalized into one provision as is done in the Model Penal Code and other Modern Codes.