Does Gotham City permit handguns?

[Lumpy]

Title Says It All.

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

What good would it do?

[Chronos]

You probably have to specify a continuity. There have been multiple movies, multiple TV shows, and multiple comic book series set in Gotham, and I can't imagine the local politics have stayed the same in all of them.

[Lumpy]

You probably have to specify a continuity. There have been multiple movies, multiple TV shows, and multiple comic book series set in Gotham, and I can't imagine the local politics have stayed the same in all of them.Conceded; I was just curious if any storyline ever explicitly mentioned the issue.

[Alessan]

Gotham does not have laws. It has Batman.

[Miller]

Gotham does not have laws. It has Batman.

And Batman hates guns.

So, no.

[E-Sabbath]

In the Criminal Justice System of Gotham City the people are represented by three seperate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and the God damn Batman.These are their stories.

http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/06/12/law-order-goddamn-batman/

[Bryan Ekers]

At least he ain't a dick, like the guy over in Metropolis.

[Elendil's Heir]

What with Gotham City being a thinly-concealed New York City On Steroids With A Side of Supervillainy, I suspect its gun laws are both very stringent and routinely violated.

[Captain Amazing]

I suspect its gun laws are both very stringent and routinely violated.

I suspect that's true of most laws in Gotham.

[Engineerly]

I always imaged there was a weight limit on your manically designed Theme Weapon before the police called in Batman.

[foolsguinea]

When Mike W. Barr was writing it, he had Batman take a more pro-gun, pro-self-defense stance.

No one talks about MWB now.

[Ranchoth]

For what it's worth, Batman the Animated Series back in the 90s actually had the mundane bad guys use actual firearms (from my own recollection, and according to TV tropes)—as opposed to most modern American cartoons, where guns are commonly replaced by lasers (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyFriendlyFirearms?from=Main.WhereDidTheyGetLasers) (even when it doesn't make sense)—but of course, these'd mostly be criminals with the guns, anyway.

[BigT]

At least he ain't a dick, like the guy over in Metropolis.

Oh, he sometimes gets in on the act (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1087:batman-imprisons-superman&catid=29:confounding-comic-covers-index&Itemid=32).

[TBG]

For what it's worth, Batman the Animated Series back in the 90s actually had the mundane bad guys use actual firearms (from my own recollection, and according to TV tropes)—as opposed to most modern American cartoons, where guns are commonly replaced by lasers (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FamilyFriendlyFirearms?from=Main.WhereDidTheyGetLasers) (even when it doesn't make sense)—but of course, these'd mostly be criminals with the guns, anyway.

Not make sense? Why would a military outfit like GI Joe use real guns instead of "lasers"? Pfft, next you'll be telling me that ninja weapons like katanas, nunchucks, sais, and a bo staff are only useful for fighting robots.

[Ranchoth]

Not make sense? Why would a military outfit like GI Joe use real guns instead of "lasers"? Pfft, next you'll be telling me that ninja weapons like katanas, nunchucks, sais, and a bo staff are only useful for fighting robots.

Also for cutting through doors. Which is about the only thing indestructible hand claws are good for, too, apparently.

[Skald the Rhymer]

Also for cutting through doors. Which is about the only thing indestructible hand claws are good for, too, apparently.

Wolvie chops up living people up all the time. Well--they generally become formerly living immediately after said carving.

[Ranchoth]

Wolvie chops up living people up all the time. Well--they generally become formerly living immediately after said carving.

In American cartoons, as above?

Wow, I really need to start watching the hi-def versions of the X-Men cartoons. The letterboxing really does show a lot more. ;)