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John Lennon: One of a Million Victims of Gun Violence in Just 30 Years
Dec 7, 2010
Washington, DC - Thirty years ago, on December 8, 1980, legendary singer-songwriter John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York City apartment building by a stalker. Since that tragic day, nearly a million other people in the United States have been killed with guns.
“We remember the wonderful talent of John Lennon and reflect on the tragic circumstances of his death because of a dangerous man with a gun,” said Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “While Lennon’s abilities as a musician and lyricist were rare, his status as a gun violence victim is not. Way too many people have been killed with guns in America.”
Last year, when Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, opened an exhibit in New York City about her husband, she included his blood streaked glasses and a bag with his bloody clothes from the day he was shot. Ono indicated then that she “thought it was important to let people see the effects of gun violence”.
“We’ve made some progress improving our guns laws over the last 30 years, most notably with the passage of the Brady Bill in 1993 that has stopped felons, the mentally ill and domestic abusers from making more than 1.9 million gun purchases from federally licensed dealers. But more needs to be done to make our society a safer place, including closing the gun show loophole and the terror gap, which make it easy for dangerous people to get lethal weapons,” continued Helmke. “Now is a good time to remember and follow what Lennon wrote, and do what we can to ‘give peace a chance.’ ”
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