  We point out that supersymmetric gauged flavor models provide a realization
of R-parity violation (RPV) that is natural in the sense that it does not lead
to catastrophic proton decay for natural values of parameters in the theory.
Within specific realizations of the idea, the relative strengths of the $\Delta
B=1$ $u^c d^c d^c$ type RPV operators can be predicted. In particular, we
present examples of gauged flavor models where RPV couplings depend on quark
masses as $(m_{u_i} m_{d_j} m_{d_k} / m_t^3)^n$ where $n=1$ or $n= 1/2$. Some
phenomenological implications of these models are discussed.
