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And besides, tell her it is your job to pack the pistol.

Dean

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" most of the girls down here, lie as a self defense mechanism and to not have to face the truth, thinking most men couldn't accept them knowing the whole truth. Simpler, they may just want men to think they are as perfect as they want to appear to them, trying to hide what they consider to be the ugly truth about themselves. And I may be reading more into it than is there, but I do believe they consider the basis of the lies to be justified."

Yeah Dean, BUT, some guys are 'packing 45s'; some are 'packing 357 mags'; some are 'packing 22s'; and some of us are stuck with BB guns that do not even fire half the time!!!

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Women and guns do not mix well..... Around the globe
Alot of men for that matter
anyone that has a gun and has not been schooled in basic gun safety is a loose cannon
If the chica had a gun in the bag it might have been ready to go off
Hair trigger
Dump her she is hiding something... like the pic of her boyfriend

RUN!!

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Excellent reply Cuba ... and thanks for chiming in ...

I have heard the other replys and of course much is based on what others have personally experienced or have seen or heard and of course on the trust they have in others with a firearm ... in particular a women in the P4P arena. There definitely isn't one approach that fits all thats why I asked the question

The facts as I see it is ... I understand the need for a woman to be protective of herself .... and if that particularly incident never happens then I am sure, this is a question I would have not even contemplated...atleast not yet and not to this depth.

Right or Wrong ... we are "out of sight, out of mind" as it comes to much in this environment. When we think about things, we know and evaluate them ... and there are other things we really dont want to know so we dont have to seriously address them .... In the end it is foolish, but that is what many do and thats the reality.

It easy to just "run" as they say ... and I am not opposed to easy. It really makes sense especially in this environment because as you said...there are many others. The challenge is in already having a rapport and having her stick around and knowing of this new development .... this reminds me of some guys and there wives or significant others who have an unmentioned agreement about sleeping with others ... and it is simply "I don't give you permission to sleep around, although I may think it, I just dont want to know about it"

To me this is similiar ... I know you are or should as a women in this business have some means of protecting yourself whether it be with a sharp object, mase, gun or some paid heavy outside the door ... the fact of the matter is ... I don't want to see it and definitely not want it in the forefront of my mind ... and if it is in the forefront ... then its a problem solved by me moving on to the next.

I'm not an asshole who thrives on confrontation ... I know when to let things go ... and I Know when a dispute is not worth it with these woman its the "rational mind" of a 1st world citizen ...LOL .... but who knows what lurks in the mind (as you mentioned earlier someone paying $100 for a hit) of a 3rd world citizen in a "profession" of play for pay with a gun. And we all know how volatile latinas can be

Going forward I will most likely see her in a public place and then ask the necessary questions that play with my mind .... of course if the answers aren't satisfactory and if it still weighs heavy on me ... I'll push the "Easy" button and move on.

Thanks for all the honest opinions

When I first read the title, I thought this thread was about trip preparations or a wife/girlfriend getting ready to leave you. If your favorita is "packin' "... and it makes you nervous... give her a wide berth and find one that isn't. In the gulch, there is a huge pool of favorita candidates to choose from.

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Pura Vida...enjoying life to the fullest...

just have sex with a bullet proof vest on! Problem solved.

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I wouldn't like it. Might get me in trouble. I'm a drinker so we would end up robbing a liquor store or something!

Could be that she goes home to a very dangerous neighborhood late at night, with her earnings for the night in her purse and possibly been robbed before when she wasn't packing.

I have nothing new to add, but I swear that every time I see the title of the thread I think it's about a "Crying Game" situation

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Umm I'd show her mine. All I had was a knife. This is the kind of woman I want to be around. Give me her number....contact info....facebook page.

It is everyones right, and responsibility, to protect themselves to the least intimidating way possible. Last thing I want to be around is someone so ignorant of life's perils....

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Good, I'm not the only one....

I have no clue what the laws are in CR regarding possession of various types of firearms, either by Ticos or gringos. I'm also not a lawyer in either the USA, CR, or anywhere else, and this is not legal advice.

One consideration is that if she leaves her bag with you while she goes to the ladies' room, it possibly sets up what's known as "constructive possession" whereby you, as an unlicensed individual, could be found guilty of unlicensed possession of a handgun if a cop really put his mind to it. Especially if it can be proven that you knew the gun was there.

In the USA, it would either take a real a-hole of a cop to get you nailed for "constructive possession" of something that's obviously in a handbag, backpack, etc., belonging to someone else; or there would have to be something else going on to connect you to the gun. Dunno how the CR legal system would look at that. I don't know if CR even recognizes the concept of "constructive possession" or not, since their legal system is probably very different to ours.

Legalities aside, it's also, IMO, darned irresponsible of her to leave her firearm unattended.

Of course, what's legal and what's culturally normal are often two different things. The US's attitude towards firearms and self-defense is rather unusual among First World countries. If I knew someone was carrying legally with a permit in the U.S. I'd think "No big deal, they're just protecting themselves." If I found someone carrying a pistol in, say, Germany, I'd think they were either an off-duty cop or they were involved in some kind of criminal activity, because I know that that's not culturally normal there. Wherever you are in the world, typically, the people who are willing to jump through whatever legal hoops are required locally to possess firearms, aren't the ones who are going to cause you problems.

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Wow
Lot of anti-gun Californians on this thread or what?

I don't know if obnoxious is the word.. It is certainly RUDE! If she said no the first time, stop pressing it and trying to invade her privacy.

If you have that much of a problem with guns (understandable so), just move on!

I'm afraid I don't see the relevance of the question. What business is it of yours WHAT she has in her purse? You are simply her client. You should focus more on the fact that she trusted you with the truth, rather than whether your life may be in danger.
Did it ever occur to you that she just might be in a position to protect your liberal-lovin', gringo ass?
My advice: swallow your fear and ask her to take you out shooting one day. It's about time you got over your fear of guns.