Buy a house, get a free gun

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:57 pm

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=53308

"WEAPONS OF CHOICE
Buy a house,
get a free gun

Real estate agent's cure
for slow market â€“ Glock

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Posted: December 10, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

While other real estate agents are responding to the current buyers' market by offering extras like free appliances, televisions, or a weekend in a luxury hotel, one Texas agent is drumming up business by offering a free Glock pistol with any home purchase of at least $150,000 â€“ if you're a police officer.

And Julie Upton, a Houston-area real estate agent, says her idea is working well. With the median single-family home in Houston selling for $146,000, Upton is targeting the center of the market.

"It's attracted a lot of attention," she said of her ads in Badge & Gun, the monthly publication of the Houston Police Officers' Union. Upton's husband has been a Houston police officer for 15 years.

She's already given away two Glock pistols.

"So (the ad) has already paid for itself," she told the Houston Chronicle.

For police officers, Glock offers its weapons at prices ranging from $450 to $550 on the company's website. Home buying cops who don't want another pistol receive a $500 American Express gift check from Upton.

Spokeswoman Franceska Perot of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said Upton's marketing scheme is perfectly legal as long as proper records are kept during the transfer.

"We don't want them falling into the wrong hands," she said

According to criminologist and researcher Gary Kleck, an estimated 2.5 million Americans use guns for defensive purposes each year, with one in six believing someone would have been dead if they had not resorted to their defensive use of firearms. "

Tote 9 · Post by **Tote 9** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:49 pm

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. A $600 Pistol wouldn't
influence me to buy a $150,000 house. Maby she's getting a rebate
from Glock for every pistol she buys. Hmm.

longtooth · Post by **longtooth** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:10 pm

Tote9, me & you dont know how to get the door opened to a $150,000 house. That is 3 time what mine cost.

Tote 9 · Post by **Tote 9** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:31 pm

Your right Longtooth, but if I was looking for a $150,000 house it would take a $10,000 pistol to influence me to buy, not a $600 one.

HighVelocity · Post by **HighVelocity** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:10 pm

"We don't want them falling into the wrong hands," she said

They certainly could've left out that statement. It's already been established that only peace officers will receive free Glocks.

Oh wait, maaaaaybe she means they have to be sure each recipient is "professional enough" to handle the Glock.

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:00 pm

HighVelocity wrote:Oh wait, maaaaaybe she means they have to be sure each recipient is "professional enough" to handle the Glock.

That's the "Glock Fowty"... *blam*

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:04 pm

longtooth wrote:Tote9, me & you dont know how to get the door opened to a $150,000 house. That is 3 time what mine cost.

Your $50,000 house is probably three times the house that you can get for $150,000 in Houston, too.

fm2 · Post by **fm2** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:23 pm

I saw that story on the news. It's a pretty novel idea that has generated some interest.

lrb111 · Post by **lrb111** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:08 pm

So, They are buying guns to give them away. Straw purchases?

Trope · Post by **Trope** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:37 am

Rough neighborhood?