Robin's Forgotten Weapon Shows Bruce's 'No Guns' Rule Is a Joke
Warning: contains spoilers for Robins #4!
A recent reminder that Robin once used a deadly projectile weapon proves that Batman's ban on his allies using firearms is effectively meaningless. The moment comes in issue four of the miniseries Robins, which won DC's round robin fan vote for the series readers wanted to see, leading to this six-issue series written by Tim Seeley with art by Baldemar Rivas.
Robins focuses on all of the Caped Crusader’s former (and current) sidekicks from Dick Grayson all the way up through Damian Wayne. Thematically, the series is about whether or not Batman was in the right to take in children and train them to be merciless fighters dedicated to his cause. All of them joined Batman’s crusade for different reasons, and their morals are tested as they are methodically challenged by Jenny Wren, who claims to actually be the very first Robin.
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In the first issue of the series, Jenny killed a man from a long distance while he was inside Dick Grayson’s apartment. This man, and others involved in the plot, was a part of a Robin “gauntlet,” essentially a final test a Robin has to undergo before Batman officially takes them on. It’s not until issue #4 that the Robins learn the murder weapon was a stone, a type of projectile used in a sling. Dick reflects that he used this weapon as Robin and was asked by Tim Drake about how to use it, as well. It was only after Tim researched the sling that he learned when wielded efficiently it could be just as lethal as a firearm, leading him to abandon it.
This revelation shows that Batman’s famous «no guns» policy is solely about his personal trauma, not about stopping his allies from taking lethal action.
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