User blog comment:Mike.arrh/Destroying the Volturi/@comment-50.156.175.196-20140608193638

Aro said in the book that humans have developed weapons in the last century that "could harm us. Maybe even kill some of us." MAYBE. However, if you payed attention to what was going on, he was just trying to get his witnesses back on his side and furiously angry with the Cullens. Stephenie Meyer further explains this in the Official Illustrated Guide that "Vampires are never in any danger from humans" and that "The Volturi contend that human ignorance makes hunting more convenient for all." Also "there are very few vampires alive that predate the Volturi. Most have been born into a world where the laws constructed by the Volturi are an accepted fact of life. This protects the Volturi from the realization that their laws are merely an excuse to exert control over the vampire world." So could a nuclear bomb kill a vampire? According to her, no. But it is possible. However these lesser weapons like conventional bombs and armor piercing shells probably wouldn't do jack squat to a nearly indestructible, godlike immortal who can equal the power of a cement truck moving down a sharp declined highway... With one hand. You're underestimating them, people. And the Cullen's would have no way of enforcing law to the entire vampire world. The Volturi themselves could be overthrown if the rest of the vampires had a reason to band together and do so.