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They were being killed by muggles left and right, and this was way before the invention of guns, so, yeah, they weren't winning that war in any case.
That's a good point
Actually, at some point in the books they talk about this, and somebody comments how Muggles seldom would actually catch a real witch or wizard. And if they did, the witch or wizard would cast a spell to shield themselves from the fire and pretend to be in pain.