Why didnt the harry potter people use guns?

[EASY PETE]

And wands at the same time, might have been easier

[Dragon Master]

Why use guns with finite amount of ammunition when you have a wand that can do anything?

[EASY PETE]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Why use guns with finite amount of ammunition when you have a wand that can do anything?

Make a spell that gives you infinite ammo

[Tam]

Originally posted by GARDEN YOUR GARDEN RIGHT NOW OR :

And wands at the same time, might have been easier

In the books the wizards are extremely uneducated about the muggel world. Most of them have no idea at all about them and are baffeled by things like electircity and radios. Even mr weasly an absolute muggle fan knows next to nothing about them.
I would not be supried if the answer is simply: they do not know about guns.
(And yes I know that there are muggleborn wizards and that some wizards life in muggle cities, rowlings world building is not exactly the best.)

[Anervouslhasaapso]

Wizards have a bit of a superiority complex when it comes to muggles, why would you bother with a muggle contraption when you believe you have something superior to what the muggles have.
Case and point the only muggle invention adopted en masse by wizards was plumbing in the 17th century

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by GARDEN YOUR GARDEN RIGHT NOW OR :

Make a spell that gives you infinite ammo

Or just make the ammo clip shaped like an infinity symbol.

[Schutzengel]

"Gunblade" > "Gunwand"

[cosporcos]

Originally posted by GARDEN YOUR GARDEN RIGHT NOW OR :

And wands at the same time, might have been easier

That's reserved for a collab with fortnite, they got goku and vegeta with guns... harry potter with guns is, i bet, somewhere in the cards for the future.

[Coldhands]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Why use guns with finite amount of ammunition when you have a wand that can do anything?

"Avada k-" *BANG*
Bullets are pretty fast.

[Anvos]

Well it was originally around teenage year story about children attending a wizard school.

As for why they don't, just idiocy and spending too long where anything tech could do magic could do better, especially if you want to take the Fantastic Beasts movies as canon and Grindwald literally showed them a vision of the power of tanks and nukes.

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Bigger question might be why nobody has figured out a different focus item other than a wand that you can just wear.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by Coldhands:

"Avada k-" *BANG*
Bullets are pretty fast.

And depending on the gun, you can rapid fire them.

How fast can you chant the killing curse in quick succession?

[Anvos]

Depends how skilled the wizard is at mental casting.

[Coldhands]

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

Originally posted by Coldhands:

"Avada k-" *BANG*
Bullets are pretty fast.

And depending on the gun, you can rapid fire them.

How fast can you chant the killing curse in quick succession?

Voldemort wasn't ever going to conquer the world and hang on to it for long. I don't think Wizards in Hary Potter's time really gave much thought to why they had to keep their world hidden, but I'm pretty sure the reason wasn't muggle safety. : p

[Ceceli Δ]

I always thought it's because magic shields them from bullets. But then again, they used knives. So I guess a skilled marksman with a sniper rifle on the roof of Hogwarts could have shot Voldermort in the head. LOL

[cl656]

Because, from what I can tell from the movies, wands do not require words, to cast all spells. there are a few times in the harry potter movies and Fantastic beast, where wizard police and death eaters, are essentially using wands like guns, and their projectiles bring with it a bigger punch., and do not need ammo.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by cool-dude:

Because, from what I can tell from the movies, wands do not require words, to cast all spells. there are a few times in the harry potter movies and Fantastic beast, where wizard police and death eaters, are essentially using wands like guns, and their projectiles bring with it a bigger punch., and do not need ammo.

Not only do you not need to speak the spell, you also don't need the wand to cast magic. However, both of these are considered to be advanced techniques that require special training.

It's been years since I read the books, but I think there was a scene where Snape tries to teach the students how to cast without speaking.