Yoko Ono calls for greater gun control with tweeted picture of John Lennon’s blood-stained glasses

Yoko Ono yesterday sent a tweet stressing her desire for tighter gun control, using a picture of her late husband John Lennon’s glasses to help make her point.The picture formed part of the cover of Season of Glass, Ono’s first album following the murder of Lennon by Mark Chapman outside their New York apartment.She then tweeted the picture several times with other messages, such as "The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience. After 33 years our son Sean and I still miss him. Yoko Ono Lennon".

Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980. twitter.com/yokoono/status…

— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) March 20, 2013