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I'm a little bit surprised Rowling didn't throw in something about some human technology not working in the wizarding world, like electronics and firearms. Surely this came up while the books were being written.
Don't they drive a car? and ride a train? so combustion works... kind of has to work
Combustion, sure, but not an explosion. Or the car is a special magic car or whatever.
Explosions are combustion.
And really we're just talking about oxidation. If oxidation works (which it must, because the characters are breathing) then chemically-propelled projectiles must also work.
Look, we're talking about a world where people fly around on broomsticks like we ride bicycles.
Of course you can just declare that firearms don't work.
I mean... not if your fantasy world has any internal consistency... and if it doesn't then it might as well be Cloud Cuckoo Land.