Freedom & Guns

David Kopel is working on a paper titled Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Nations.

Money quote from the conclusion:

As a general (but not invariable rule), countries with more guns have more economic freedom, less corruption, and more economic success.

This will come as no surprise to we libertarians, but I imagine many liberals and paternalistic conservatives statists will be miffed.

However, does he really have to publish this article in the Texas Review of Law & Politics? Cue the snark!