Real estate agent gives guns to homebuyers

[SlowwHand]

We're talking about quite an incentive plan now.
A community populated with police officers armed with free Glocks?

Tue Dec 12, 8:34 AM ET

HOUSTON (Reuters) - 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.

And so far the advertisement has not generated negative attention from the anti-gun lobby, she said.

In Texas, no license is required to own a rifle, shotgun or handgun, but a permit is needed to carry a concealed weapon, according to the National Rifle Association.

[Lord Avalon]

What is she, prejudiced against people who aren't LEOs?

[SlowwHand]

I know. I want a free Glock.

[SlowwHand]

No doubt about it, I gotta get another hat.

[Arrian]

Texas.

-Arrian

[DRoseDARs]

What ^he^ said.

[rah]

At least it's police officers only. They already have guns already so does it really matter. Personally I'd like to have as many cops as possible living in my neighborhood. Preferably the county sheriffs that park their cars in their driveway.

[LordShiva]

There were definitely more posts in this thread the last time I looked

Sloww, I was in Fort Worth on work yesterday (flew in at noon, had a 1 hour meeting, flew out at 5), and I got a kick out of reading a sign at Le Madeleine's that said "No Concealed Weapons" or something.

[Sava]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I know. I want a free Glock.

me too

but nothing less than a .40

9mm is for pussies

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Sava

me too

but nothing less than a .40

9mm is for pussies

I don't think an HK MP5 SMG in 9mm would be bad.

[SlowwHand]

.40 caliber never really got popular. I want a .50. I can open some holes with a .50 .

[Lord Avalon]

I don't think Glock makes a .50. I do see a .45 G.A.P., which I hadn't seen before. (Not that I keep up with weapon & ammo trends.) I think that's interesting, a .45 bullet in a smaller frame, because I don't have large hands.

Danny Vermin: I got something to stop him.
Dutch: They made it for him special. It's an 88 magnum.
Danny Vermin: It shoots through schools.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon

I don't think an HK MP5 SMG in 9mm would be bad.

I'll take something in a 5.56mm or 7.62mm thank you.

I'm kind of partial to the Colt M4 myself.

If we're talking HK, I'd take a G36K.

[Dr Strangelove]

What does it say about the neighborhood that the realators are giving away hand guns? Maybe you should rethink this.

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Sava

I'll take something in a 5.56mm or 7.62mm thank you.

I'm kind of partial to the Colt M4 myself.

If we're talking HK, I'd take a G36K.

OK, but those won't be as easy to carry around town.