Current Events > Does nobody in the Harry Potter universe own a gun

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YugiNoob posted...

Why did he make one his EXTREMELY killable snake?

Because he was running out of ideas and Dumbledore does note in the books that Voldemort possesses an unusual degree of control over it, even for a parseltongue. Best guess, he wanted to be in two places at once when it was useful.

I'm sad that no one got my joke, especially after the picture :<

https://youtu.be/XXvlqsSeJ7Q?t=75

I barely remember anything about Harry Potter but I remember this scene

lilORANG posted...

Vernon had a rifle and Hagrid destroyed it with his bare hands.

This

Kim_Seong-a posted...

In (I think) book 5 Hagrid is shown tanking knock-out spells like they're nothing. For comparison, in the same fight, McGonnagal took five at once and was nearly killed for it. He'd probably be fine taking a few shots to center mass.

Ron said that was because if the spell they were trying to use (Stupify) which doesn't work well on a giant or half giant since you can't stun them easily. Another spell like Impedimenta or Flipendo should have been effective. But yeah, a gun probably wouldn't have effectively worked on him either.

Is Hagrid totally gun-resistant or is the face a viable weak point?

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Is Hagrid totally gun-resistant or is the face a viable weak point?

Probably not totally gun resistant but he might survive getting shot in the face seeing as how he willingly kisses giant spiders on their spider noses and probably at least one of them broke their spider jaw on his beard.

TheChariot posted...

But yeah, a gun probably wouldn't have effectively worked on him either.

What caliber? A pistol or a rifle? I don't care how tough Hagrid is, he's not shrugging off a .30-06 or a .308. And if you want to be really extreme, a .50BMG of .338 Lapua would have dropped him before anyone knew there was a threat.

Leon Kennedy with the fully upgraded Handcannon vs Hagrid.
Clean one shot, Hagrid gets stunlocked to oblivion by well timed shots or Hagrid somehow manages to get away?

ssk9716757 posted...

Harry Potter should have carried a 1911. Think about how quickly the entire WWWIII (Wizarding-World War III) would have ended if all of the good guys had simply armed up with good ol' American hot lead.

Basilisk? Let's see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express. Worried about its Medusa-gaze? Wear night vision goggles. The image is light-amplified and re-transmitted to your eyes. You aren't looking at it--you're looking at a picture of it.

Imagine how epic the first movie would be if Harry had put a breeching charge on the bathroom wall, flash-banged the hole, and then went in wearing NVGs and a Kevlar-weave stab-vest, carrying a SPAS-12.

And have you noticed that only Europe seems to a problem with Deatheaters? Maybe it's because Americans have spent the last 200 years shooting deer, playing GTA: Vice City, and keeping an eye out for black helicopters over their compounds. Meanwhile, Brits have been cutting their steaks with spoons. Remember: gun-control means that Voldemort wins. God made wizards and God made muggles, but Samuel Colt made them equal.

Now I know what you're going to say: "But a wizard could just disarm someone with a gun!" Yeah, well they can also disarm someone with a wand (as they do many times throughout the books/movies). But which is faster: saying a spell or pulling a trigger?

Avada Kedavra, meet Avtomat Kalashnikova.

Imagine Harry out in the woods, wearing his invisibility cloak, carrying a .50bmg Barrett, turning Deatheaters into pink mist, scratching a lightning bolt into his rifle stock for each kill. I don't think Madam Pomfrey has any spells that can scrape your brains off of the trees and put you back together after something like that. Voldemort's wand may be 13.5 inches with a Phoenix-feather core, but Harry's would be 0.50 inches with a tungsten core. Let's see Voldy wave his at 3,000 feet per second. Better hope you have some Essence of Dittany for that sucking chest wound.

I can see it now...Voldemort roaring with evil laughter and boasting to Harry that he can't be killed, since he is protected by seven Horcruxes, only to have Harry give a crooked grin, flick his cigarette butt away, and deliver what would easily be the best one-liner in the entire series:

"Well then I guess it's a good thing my 1911 holds 7+1."

And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.

You never know where you'll be when the schizophrenia hits you like a fucking train.

Crazyman93 posted...

What caliber? A pistol or a rifle? I don't care how tough Hagrid is, he's not shrugging off a .30-06 or a .308. And if you want to be really extreme, a .50BMG of .338 Lapua would have dropped him before anyone knew there was a threat.

Okay, yeah, an extremely high-caliber gun would waste him. So would a drone strike. I'm obviously not talking about heavy ordinance here.

TheChariot posted...

Okay, yeah, an extremely high-caliber gun would waste him. So would a drone strike. I'm obviously not talking about heavy ordinance here.

A .44 Magnum would realistically probably put him down. And if you think .30-06 and .308 are "extremely heavy caliber" I don't know what to tell you.