Yoko Ono urges gun control on 40th anniversary of John Lennon's death

Yahoo News ^ | December 8, 2020 | N/A

[DoodleBob]

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono on Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the legendary musician's shock murder with a call for gun control.

"The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience," tweeted the 87-year-old artist, who still lives in the Dakota building in Manhattan outside of which her husband was shot four decades ago.

"After 40 years, Sean, Julian and I still miss him. 'Imagine all the people living life in peace,'" she wrote, quoting the 1971 song she co-wrote with Lennon that became the best-selling single of his solo career.

Ono, who witnessed her husband's murder at close range, also tweeted an image of the former Beatle's shattered and bloodied spectacles, which included the words: "Over 1,436,000 people have been killed by guns in the U.S.A. since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980."

At 40 years old, Lennon had returned to songwriting shortly before his death, having taken a five-year hiatus to raise his young son Sean.

The couple was returning home to New York's famous Dakota building across from Central Park, when disgruntled Beatles fan Mark David Chapman shot Lennon dead.

"Tell me it isn't true!" Ono cried in horror.

After Lennon's murder, Ono committed to preserve his memory, funding the construction of the Strawberry Fields memorial in New York that's become a point of pilgrimage for fans and mourners across the globe.

By mid-morning Tuesday, a shrine featuring flowers, photos and a small holiday tree had already cropped up on the "Imagine" mosaic that anchors the memorial in Central Park.

In her tweet commemorating Lennon's death, Ono included a number of hashtags including #guncontrol now and #end gun violence.

[McGavin999]

Dear Yoko
There are lots of countries that have gun control. Please consider moving to one rather than trying to change THIS country to meet your personal preferences.

Love,
Americans

[DoodleBob]

Yoko "singing" at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC

oh my...

[Dr. Sivana]

Yoko can make a crystal wine glass shatter into a million little pieces, just like Ella used to do!

Those Memorex commercials were SO stupid. Even as a nine year old, I figured out that shattering the glass probably had a LOT more to do with how much the amp was cranked up through serious speakers (the '70s had the best speakers). Today, I might add that they can create an arbitrarily fragile glass for the event. Heck, Radio Shack "Supertape" could pull the same trick I'm sure, and a TDK-SA (SAX and MA were not invented yet) would sound better doing it. Memorex Tape was the worst of the premium brands (for Norelco style compact cassettes).

TDK
MAXELL
Sony
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3M
BASF
Memorex
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Ampex

[Kevmo]

The dude expended 6 shots and not a single one was aimed at her. totally fuqqing useless.

[Colt1851Navy]

If it had been a car wreck- We should ban all cars(not because of pollution)

[Steve Van Doorn]

said, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
LOL! no not that bad. I said Paul instead of John. I killed off the wrong person.

[ohiobushman]

Shut up and Don’t sing!! Just shut up!!

[Dr. Sivana]

She used to have more range.

[gundog]

Insanity defense.

[rxh4n1]

Stop and frisk would have prevented it. Too bad they weren’t doing it then.

[White Lives Matter]

What’s that picture supposed to represent? And is that John?

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Yes but your spelling and grammar were impeccable so you get an A-. I usually slaughter the grammar.

[rxh4n1]

Proof there is no justice in the world. John Lennon is dead and Yoko Ono is still alive.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

The Voice that sounds like a cat being thrown into a wood chipper

[DoodleBob]

You're killing me...of course, gun control didn't and couldn't save John insofar as a deranged guy sought him out. Indeed, weapons make their way into prison - what fool thinks we can achieve "gun safety" in a free society if you can't get that in jail? It's almost like they want to limit our freedoms to a jail-like level.

Oh wait...

[Kevmo]

Well, with those facts it kinda makes sense.

[DoodleBob]

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

[DoodleBob]

It happens when they age, you know. Roger Daltery stills got it, though. The Who rarely tune down.

[Old Yeller]

Happiness is a Warm Gun

[Impala64ssa]

40 years later and NOBODY told Yoko what really happened? It was the CIA who killed John Lennon. CPUSA head Gus Hall, who fmr CIA Dir John Brennan once bragged about voting for Pres, had his stooges put posters up all over Times Sq and the East Village claiming he has the "proof".