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    Object » Green Power Ring appears in 3238 issues.

    The power ring of a Green Lantern is the source of power and a badge of authority for almost every member of the Green Lantern Corps. It is fueled by willpower.

    Is the actual ring istself capable of killing ??

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    #1  Edited By ComicCrazy

    I'm a huge Green Lantern fan and I do know a fair bit about him but one question I have had is "is the ring itself capable of killing". I have read in an issue that the ring will not kill but then I have seen other instances and things were the Green Lantern ring is supposedly capable of murder so i just wanted to know what the official thing is. I'm sure I have read that it isn't but this was in Geoff Johns run and I don't know if he retconned that or not so can someon please tell me what they know about this ? thanks.
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    #2  Edited By Magian

    Not the most knowledgebable on this subject but I do know that after the Sinestro Corps War, the Guardians wrote some new rules one of them was to authorize lethal force.

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    #3  Edited By brc2000

    Yeah. They (I think temporarily) authorized lethal force during the Sinestro Crops War.

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    #4  Edited By ComicCrazy
    @brc2000:
    @ComicMan24:

    So during the Sinestro corps war they were able to kill what about before that ?? does anyone know ??
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    #5  Edited By Icarusflies  Moderator
    @ComicCrazy: Before that, they WERE capable. I don't remember her name, but that Green Lantern who became a Red Lantern killed Amon Sur. 
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    #6  Edited By ComicCrazy
    @Icarusflies:
    Thanks. Do you know if when Green Lantern was first created or around that time if the ring could kill ? and what about right now is it able to kill ? do you know
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    #7  Edited By Icarusflies  Moderator
    @ComicCrazy: I don't know about when GL was first created. But it is still able to kill right now.
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    #8  Edited By ComicCrazy
    @Icarusflies:
    Oh ok thanks for that cause I think it was in Hal Jordan: Wanted or something that they said the ring can't kill but then again I might just be imagining things. Thanks for the info.
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    #9  Edited By Mercy_
    @ComicCrazy said:
    " @Icarusflies: Oh ok thanks for that cause I think it was in Hal Jordan: Wanted or something that they said the ring can't kill but then again I might just be imagining things. Thanks for the info. "
    It was during Sinestro Corps War that they were given the authorization to use lethal force.
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    #10  Edited By LightBright
    @Icarusflies said:
    " @ComicCrazy: Before that, they WERE capable. I don't remember her name, but that Green Lantern who became a Red Lantern killed Amon Sur.  "
     Atrocitus
     
    @ComicCrazy: Like the whole not being able to work against yellow thing, the GLs couldn't use the ring to kill before the book of Oa was re-written.
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    #11  Edited By Icarusflies  Moderator
    @LightBright: No, no, no... 
     
    Laira? Yeah, that's it.
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    #12  Edited By Mercy_
    @LightBright: The weak against yellow ended when Parallax was removed from the Power Battery, IIRC.
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    #13  Edited By LightBright
    @The Dark Huntress: Oh yeah. I got that confused for some reason with the re-writing of the book.  
     
    It shouldn't be this complicated. :P
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    #14  Edited By JesterKing

    I thought that before the Sinestro Corps War, the rings were forbidden from killing. That was Sinestro's  plan, to force the Green Lantern Corp to resort to killing in order to restore order. It was originally ordered that only Sinestro corps members could be killed, then others. The reason that Laira was reprimanded and turned to the red lantern's was that she killed an unarmed Amon Sur out of rage if I remember right.

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    #15  Edited By LightBright
    @JesterKing said:
    " I thought that before the Sinestro Corps War, the rings were forbidden from killing. That was Sinestro's  plan, to force the Green Lantern Corp to resort to killing in order to restore order. It was originally ordered that only Sinestro corps members could be killed, then others. The reason that the lantern mentioned above (Liara) was reprimanded and turned to the red lantern's was that she killed an unarmed Amon Sur out of rage if I remember right. "
    That's right. But I'm pretty sure now they have the authority to kill outside of just Sinestro Corps members.
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    #16  Edited By Mercy_
    @LightBright said:
    " @The Dark Huntress: Oh yeah. I got that confused for some reason with the re-writing of the book.   It shouldn't be this complicated. :P "
    It's not complicated for me. All I've ever read is Johns' run of GL and the GLC. :P
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    #17  Edited By LightBright
    @The Dark Huntress: I've just missed out on some of the important stuff...v_v 
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    #18  Edited By ComicCrazy

    so before sinestro war corps they were not allowed to kill and after that up to now they are allowed to kill is that right ??
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    #19  Edited By danhimself
    @LightBright said:
    " @JesterKing said:
    " I thought that before the Sinestro Corps War, the rings were forbidden from killing. That was Sinestro's  plan, to force the Green Lantern Corp to resort to killing in order to restore order. It was originally ordered that only Sinestro corps members could be killed, then others. The reason that the lantern mentioned above (Liara) was reprimanded and turned to the red lantern's was that she killed an unarmed Amon Sur out of rage if I remember right. "
    That's right. But I'm pretty sure now they have the authority to kill outside of just Sinestro Corps members. "
    they do...the first of the new laws of the Book of Oa was that lethal force was enabled against SInestro Corps members...the second law is that lethal force is enable against all enemies of the Green Lantern Corps...and JesterKing is correct...Liara killed Amon Sur after he surrendered and was then tried by the Guardians and the Alpha Lanterns she had her ring and membership in the corps taken away and when she flipped out over this a red ring attached to her
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    #20  Edited By Mercy_
    @ComicCrazy said:
    " so before sinestro war corps they were not allowed to kill and after that up to now they are allowed to kill is that right ?? "
    Yes.
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    #21  Edited By ComicCrazy

    Thanks guys for everything
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    #22  Edited By TheAntiVillain

    yes as long as it is unintentional and indirect (pre-sinestro corps war)

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    #23  Edited By AFArtist1973

    According to the "Book of Oa", the first new law in it authorizes lethal force against the Sinestro Corps.

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    #24  Edited By TheCrowbar

    Second Law authorizes lethal force against all enemies of Oa.

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