HOUSTON — A Texas real estate agent looking to add more bang to her business is offering clients in law enforcement a free Glock pistol if they buy a home from her.
Julie Upton, a Houston-area real estate agent, spurned traditional buyer incentives like free gasoline cards or home improvement store gift certificates.
Instead, she placed an advertisement offering a pistol with the purchase of any home worth at least $150,000 in the city police department's monthly publication, "Badge & Gun."
The free guns are only for those in law enforcement, said Upton, who is married to a police officer.
"We thought it would be a good way to entice other police officers," Upton said. "And whether people want the gun or not, it has stirred up a lot of attention."
Upton has given away two pistols to police officers who purchased homes from her. The guns cost about $500.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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I personally find nothing wrong with this....I have heard of some recent reports about real estate companies giving away new cars with home purchases.
Anything to drum up business I guess....
Hmmm, where was this story from, oh yeah, Texas.
I don't have a problem with this per se, I mean she giving a legal product as an incentive to individuals who are qualified, supposedly, to carry, handle and use said product.
Only being familiar with Illinois gun laws, I wonder how the registration of these weapons is handled in TX. Technically, she would be a straw buyer. She knows that when she buys the guns, she is going to hand them over to someone else. Illegal in Illinois.
This headline is only a little different than the slogan I use for my own home. Mine is:
"Invade my home, get a free bullet."
he he he
I like your slogan best Mike.
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