https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/02/04/what-is-the-source-for-david-bartons-kids-with-guns-story/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 19:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/02/04/what-is-the-source-for-david-bartons-kids-with-guns-story/#comment-91552 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:59:53 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14025#comment-91552 Did you see Barton’s response? He did get the story from L’Amour. I just wrote my response to his response over at FTB:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2013/02/25/barton-admits-getting-gun-toting-students-story-from-louis-lamour-but-its-ok-because-lamour-said-it-really-happened/

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/02/04/what-is-the-source-for-david-bartons-kids-with-guns-story/#comment-91541 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:59:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14025#comment-91541 I wonder if next Baron is going to argue against IVF and use the example of that Dr. who tried to create life in the 1800s with disastrous results.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/02/04/what-is-the-source-for-david-bartons-kids-with-guns-story/#comment-91538 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:59:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14025#comment-91538 “In response, Rodda issued a challenge for Barton to produce the historical source for his claim. … Will he do it?”
You mean like he’s provided the source for all his other claims?
I wonder if L’Amour’s estate could sue for copyright infringement 🙂

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/02/04/what-is-the-source-for-david-bartons-kids-with-guns-story/#comment-91542 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:59:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14025#comment-91542 It’s an “unverified story” I’m sure. Like the “unverified quotes”.
Barton gave this anecdote on a Glenn Beck radio show. He didn’t write it and pretend it was a piece of scholarly research.
He was speaking through his Republican Chairman hat, not through his “Historian” hat. The standards for politicians are considerably more loose, and quoting from fiction as if it were fact is not uncommon, nor deemed a great sin..
Yes, the use of “through” rather than “wearing” is deliberate.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/02/04/what-is-the-source-for-david-bartons-kids-with-guns-story/#comment-91543 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:59:52 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14025#comment-91543 Now if it had been a slingshot, I would be thinking Mark Twain. It seems these right wingnuts just can’t bring themselves to mount a credible defense for their absurd arguments that everyone should be entitled to go out and buy Bushmaster 223s if they feel so inclined. Also interesting how the NRA and their friends are so against weapon registration. Yet, the same yahoos demand voter picture IDs in order to vote. I guess they see the power to vote as being more dangerous than owning an unregistered assault weapon.

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