I notice he's never tried to pull the 'no guns' line on characters like the original Vigilante, or the Crimson Avenger. Or on the Shadow, back when he was in the DCU and established as one of Bruce's idols. Or even on Adam Strange - his gun may shoot ray blasts, but it's still a gun. By that same token, the current Blue Beetle, Rocket Red, and a whole host of other superheroes he fully accepts are sporting lethal weaponry as well - surely the exact shape and whether the weapon is separate from your armored outfit is not that important?
Well, none of those characters are working for HIM, donchaknow. Anyway, it's not potentially lethal weaponry in and of itself that he minds, so long as it's not used to actually kill - he's got plenty of that - it's guns in particular that he hates, because... well, you know.
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