misunderestimation

You know, this is the type of story you would only hear about in Texas. A local Houston real estate agent has decided to step-up the incentive to buy a new home.

Instead, [Julie Upton] 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.

OK. Only for law enforcement. Police officers have the ability to buy their own guns and a new Glock costs between $450 – $550. That seems like a reasonable incentive for cops who want to buy a house. It certainly caught my attention:

“It’s attracted a lot of attention,” she said of her ads in Badge & Gun, the monthly publication of the Houston Police Officers’ Union. She said she came up with the idea with help from Blue Cat Creative Consulting and Design.

Upton has given away two Glocks. “So (the ad) has already paid for itself,” she said. But not all of her law enforcement customers have been interested in another gun.

I’m just reminded of advice I was given when moving to Texas. “If someone cuts you off, don’t honk. Chance are, they have a gun in the car with them and you don’t want to make them mad.”

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