The oversized public version of the piece was planned for John Lennon’s memorial Strawberry Fields in Central Park.

[5] This sculpture was made 1984,[6] but when the memorial was opened in 1985 Reuterswärd opted not to have it placed there, citing fears it would be stolen.

Aside from the public pieces, Reuterswärd made plenty of variations of the sculpture in smaller or life sized scale.

[10] Since 1993, the sculpture has been the symbol of The Non-Violence Project (NVPF), a nonprofit organization that promotes social change through violence-prevention education programs.

In 2011, Ringo Starr unveiled his own brightly colored version of The Knotted Gun that he created.