More on firearms (was: Luna's Mother's Death- Correction (Wizards & firearms ))

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Gerry:
> > So for people of the ww to get hold of a gun, they
> > would really have to know their way into the muggle world, 
> > especially the illegal parts of it. Somehow this strikes me as 
> > unlikely. 
 
Finwitch:
> You know - what would a witch/wizard DO with a gun, considering the
> many  uses of a wand? Using a wand is much more effective, you 
> know -- 
> 
> A coldblooded murderer uses the killing curse. No trace in the body.
> And then he can transfigure the body into a bone to hide it better. 
> No Muggle will ever figure out what happened.


SSSusan:
This is all true, but there is at least one distinct advantage for 
guns over wands; that is, that in order to get the weapon to work, a 
person using a gun doesn't have to *mean* it to the degree one 
apparently does when using the Unforgivables.  

I mean, personally, I think this is a nice safeguard, but 
the "advantage" of a gun is that one can simply pick it up and use 
it, whether the intention to kill is super-strong or not.  Do you 
know what I mean?  A person could have reservations, but just manage 
to pull that trigger, and it works.  Whereas, as Harry found out, he 
used his wand & his anger to fire off a Crucio! at Bella, and it 
still failed because he didn't mean it enough.

Siriusly Snapey Susan