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Yoko Ono urges gun control on 40th anniversary of John Lennon's death
Yahoo News ^ | December 8, 2020 | N/A

Posted on 12/16/2020 7:45:44 PM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; beatlemania; beatles; fabfour; george; imagine; john; johnlennon; lennon; nyc; paul; ringo; thebeatles; yoko
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MDC bought the handgun legally but broke NY law in this crime. Enforce the laws we have first.

And for what it's worth, regarding MDC, in the midst of all the Paul is Dead clues, I always thought this was creepy:


1 posted on 12/16/2020 7:45:44 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Were any screechings involved?


2 posted on 12/16/2020 7:46:30 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: DoodleBob

Who?


3 posted on 12/16/2020 7:47:01 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Paladin2

I think we have already PLENTY of gun controls.


4 posted on 12/16/2020 7:47:22 PM PST by Bellagio
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To: DoodleBob

And all this time I though Yoko paid for the job.


5 posted on 12/16/2020 7:47:50 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Paladin2

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


6 posted on 12/16/2020 7:48:04 PM PST by lee martell
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To: DoodleBob

Can Yoko explain to us how gun control would have prevented the assassination of her husband...


7 posted on 12/16/2020 7:48:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: BenLurkin

She ruined The Beatles.


8 posted on 12/16/2020 7:48:43 PM PST by KC_Lion
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To: DoodleBob

Perhaps I’d be more convinced if Yoko were to write and sing a song on the subject.../s


9 posted on 12/16/2020 7:50:13 PM PST by daler
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To: BenLurkin

"...Who?..."


John Lennon of The Beatles. Singer and songwriter.

10 posted on 12/16/2020 7:51:27 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: DoodleBob

Imagine there’s no gun control

It’s easy if you try

No nanny state politicians among us

Above us only sky...


11 posted on 12/16/2020 7:52:26 PM PST by Paulie (Better Dead than Red)
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To: DoodleBob

Sounds like she’s suggesting a third nuke to me.... just sayin’


12 posted on 12/16/2020 7:53:21 PM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: SeekAndFind

In the State of NY, it is illegal to bring in a firearm without first registering it with the local authorities. So, technically, what MAY have save John was ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING STATE AND LOCAL LAW.


13 posted on 12/16/2020 7:53:30 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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she wrote, quoting the 1971 song she co-wrote with Lennon that became the best-selling single of his solo career.

I dunno about that. "Imagine" the single peaked at #3. "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" was his only U.S. #1 while he was alive. The funny thing is, "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"'s lyrics are completely at odds with Imagine's, except for the fact that God isn't part of either worldview.

"Whatever..." is FAR more interesting musically.
14 posted on 12/16/2020 7:54:29 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: DoodleBob

Consistent sub 1 MOA at 100 yards?


15 posted on 12/16/2020 7:55:27 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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The murderer didn’t have a right to carry a gun. If he only was law abiding he wouldn’t have killed Paul.


16 posted on 12/16/2020 7:55:28 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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Yeah, well, it turned out to be a good thing that they broke up. As four separate projects, they made way more music, and probably way better music than they could have together.

It was a net benefit in the end. They were just at that stage that it was time to break up.


17 posted on 12/16/2020 7:56:05 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Steve Van Doorn

If he only was law abiding he wouldn’t have killed John. I have to get off. I’m making a number of mistakes


18 posted on 12/16/2020 7:56:49 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?


19 posted on 12/16/2020 7:57:00 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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RE: So, technically, what MAY have save John was ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING STATE AND LOCAL LAW.

OK, what if Mark David Chapman BORROWED a registered gun, or was himself able to register for a gun?

What if he bought a gun from the underground ( lots of shootings in the city were from guns purchased illegally ).


20 posted on 12/16/2020 7:58:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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