[philman_36]

What a coincidence it is a classic style American revolver!
It's no coincidence at all. It's design was fully intentional.

"Non-Violence" (a.k.a. "The Knotted Gun")
When the artist learned that his friend, John Lennon, had been murdered, he became so upset and angry over this senseless death and the many other outbursts of unnecessary violence that he went to his studio and started working on the “non-violence” project.

Lennon, however, was shot with a

.38-caliber pistol.
You can't "knot" a snub nose.

[archy]

You can't "knot" a snub nose.

You could however repair the knotted barrel of that statuary sixgun by shortening it, effectively making it into a snubby. It'd make a good reminder to nooyawkers to be armed as they conduct their daily business.