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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 petrol 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 Ms Upton, who is married to a police officer.

"We thought it would be a good way to entice other police officers," Ms Upton said. "And whether people want the gun or not, it has stirred up a lot of attention."

Ms Upton has given away two pistols to police officers who bought homes from her. The guns cost about $500.

So far the advertisement had not had any negative attention from the anti-gun lobby, she said.

In Texas, no licence 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.