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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8986319" data-attributes="member: 907">To expand a little more on that: for a wizard of Dresden's caliber (heh), his magic is definitely stronger than a handgun, and the same goes for any combat-focused wizard with a few decades under their belt. However, Dresden is a pretty powerful wizard even at the start of the books, and the laws for magic users do not allow them to kill humans with magic. Doing so will get you branded a warlock meaning the wizard society wants you dead, and the books strongly suggest that the Laws aren't just something a bunch of old fogies thought up. Using magic requires will, and you can't really use magic in order to kill someone without the belief that yes, it is right and proper for me to kill this person, and that sort of thing leaves a stain on your soul. That's why Dresden carries a gun, because sometimes even mortals need to have violence done to them, and then magic's not the right tool for the job.But yes, the mass of humanity with modern tech could probably take out most supernatural factions, or at least force them to retreat to the Nevernever (where they'd likely wither away eventually given that they all need some form of relation to humans, either short or long term).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8986319, member: 907"] To expand a little more on that: for a wizard of Dresden's caliber (heh), his magic is definitely stronger than a handgun, and the same goes for any combat-focused wizard with a few decades under their belt. However, Dresden is a pretty powerful wizard even at the start of the books, and the laws for magic users do not allow them to kill humans with magic. Doing so will get you branded a warlock meaning the wizard society wants you dead, and the books strongly suggest that the Laws aren't just something a bunch of old fogies thought up. Using magic requires will, and you can't really use magic in order to kill someone without the belief that yes, it is right and proper for me to kill this person, and that sort of thing leaves a stain on your soul. [B]That's[/B] why Dresden carries a gun, because sometimes even mortals need to have violence done to them, and then magic's not the right tool for the job. But yes, the mass of humanity with modern tech could probably take out most supernatural factions, or at least force them to retreat to the Nevernever (where they'd likely wither away eventually given that they all need some form of relation to humans, either short or long term). [/QUOTE]

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