Oh, of course. Why didn't any economist ever think of just pointing guns at people's heads until they come up with world-changing innovations for fear of their lives?
You know what's interesting? This gun analogy of yours, Penn Jillette has a great video about it. The video is of a talk he gave at the Cato Institute, explaining why he's a libertarian. I think you'd like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fvGasiOkBY
You know what's even more interesting? Penn Jillette supports the idea of basic income. You can hear him talk about it here:
http://ronbenningtoninterviews.com/2016/08/19/penn-jillette-...
If that somehow blows your mind, maybe you should ask yourself if you're missing something that libertarians like Penn aren't missing?