Thanks for the reply. I have a lawyer in the San Jose area who told me a somewhat different story a while back, so I will need to check with him again for updates. My intent is to apply for citizenship after 3 years of pensionado residency, which has not been formally approved by the CR red tape machine but has been submitted. Taking your advice, I hired Laura Gutierrez to assist in the process. What I would really like to be able to do is to have a weapon in our condo and be able to keep one concealed in our vehicle in case of need. At this point in time, I don’t feel the need to carry on my person because our condo is in Herradura (near Jaco), which is a relatively safe area, at least up to now. We will have to see how it all shakes out, but the drug trafficking problem is the most worrisome aspect of safety in CR as far as I can tell. I don’t intend to be involved in business ventures in CR other than property ownership.
I’ll take an Imperial (regular, not lite) because it’s a better-than-average beer and available anywhere beer is sold in CR. Favorite place to have one: Villa Caletas watching a sunset.
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