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Ok, this has been driving me crazy for seven movies now, and I know you& #39;re going to roll your eyes, but hear me out: Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.
Here& #39;s why: https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/1277619905412698115">https://twitter.com/Polygon/s...
Here& #39;s why: https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/1277619905412698115">https://twitter.com/Polygon/s...
hink 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& #39; American hot lead.
Basilisk? Let& #39;s see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express.
Basilisk? Let& #39;s see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express.
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& #39;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.
Now I know what you& #39;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?
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& #39;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& #39;s wand may be 13.5 inches with a Phoenix-feather core, but Harry& #39;s would be 0.50 inches with a tungsten core. Let& #39;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& #39;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 of all time.
"Well then I guess it& #39;s a good thing my 1911 holds 7+1."
And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.
And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.