[HPforGrownups] Re: Luna's Mother's Death- Correction (Wizards and firearms )

[Jocelyn Grunow]

No: HPFGUIDX 123488

On Sunday, January 30, 2005, at 06:39 pm, Steve wrote:

> So, without a doubt, magic can be used as a defense against attack by
> firearms, but when you are shot, you are shot, and when you are dead,
> you are dead, and no magic can completely undo that.
>
Yes I agree with that.  I think guns kill wizards (er..people with guns 
can kill wizards? *G*).  I hadn't thought about sneak attack - I was 
thinking about the hypothesised war between muggles and the WW more in 
terms of armies.  I think I've been watching too many historical 
documentaries over the summer.  If I see one more uphill charge against 
a shield wall my mind may snap!

On Monday, January 31, 2005, at 04:22 am, bleckybecs wrote:
>
> I agree with all that's been said. I just want to add a further
> complication to wizards defending themselves against firearms. It is
> quite clear that most wizards don't know what a gun is. PoA -
>  'Muggles have been told that Black is carrying a gun (a kind of
> metal wand which Muggles use to kill each other)' and in OotP we see
> Kinglsey refer to 'firelegs' which Arthur corrects him should
> be 'firearms'. Seems to me that it would make it much harder for a
> wizard to defend himself against the un-known. If a Muggle pointed a
> gun at them, would they even know how dangerous that could be? Would
> they know to defend themselves?

Good point!  I guess if it came to war, they would learn pretty 
quickly, though!

Jocelyn