They shoot horses don't they?

[bufo_viridis at interia.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 94091

> Carolyn (nervously):
> I was going to ask why you were being measured for a shotgun, but I 
> won't, and not just because it's OT...

To fit it for your length of the arme, grasp of your hand - comfort of usage, mainly.

> To ward off the elves..and on the topic of blowing things up.. do you 
> suppose there are any muggle weapons that can hurt a wizard ? At the 
> risk of reviving the exciting topic of Vauxhall Rd..I am still 
> mystified that the whole of the WW seem not to have noticed WW2, or 
> indeed any other Muggle war..

If you can hack of hipogriff head with such Muggle weapon as the axe, you can hack off the wizard's one >;) And silver bullets re being shot at werewolves from something, arent't they?
They don't use sidearms, because they are all legally armed - wand serves as a multipurpose gun. As for the heavier weapons - they can be possible easy to sabotage, so not very useful. Imagine a stick of boms banished back to the plane :) 
I think Wizards did notice the Wars and that;s the very reason they are so secretive. The Sttus of serecy went into use exacty in the moment when Muggles started to organize very large armies, standarized and using high firepower. The Muggle technology was no longer possible to balance (or at least Wizard lost easy upper hand), so the Wizard wnt into hiding.

Yes, gunning down Thingy would be quite funny. And anticlimactical. Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Cheers, Viridis
P.S. Or maybe Harry will just bash his head open with a stone (club)? Levitated one?  Sounds familiar?
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