How Free is Your State?

A new study out last week raised an intriguing question: How free is your state?

With state lawmakers in Ohio considering tougher seat-belt enforcement for civilians and shorter prison stays for criminals as two ways to balance the $54 billion, two-year state budget, the question seems both relevant and timely. [More]

The study is here. I don't know if co-author William P. Ruger is related to the gunmaker, but do note favorably that they factor in "gun control" as a measurement criteria.

I do differ with their weighting, though:

Gun control is worth just under a seventh of the full Paternalism concept.

Sorry, guys. It's worth more than that.

Think about it.

[Via TZ]

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