I have to imagine that the Paranet is closely monitored by the FBI. It's been mentioned by multiple characters that they don't go out of their way to stay hidden; as soon as someone gets read into the supernatural (like, say facing a vampire attack in the middle of a major city), it's not hard to get in touch with the community.

Tilly is especially interesting because he's a low-level practitioner himself, and exactly the sort that the Paranet was meant to support. There's no way that's the last we hear from him.

Harry:

1. Lives on a remote island with his own private dock.
2. Has a time share on a yacht.
3. Is a premiere member of the most exclusive health club in Chicago.
4. Cruises Chicago in a vintage Rolls Royce Silver Wraith.
5. Has been spotted at the ultra-chic club Zero.
6. Vacations in Mexico and Scotland at the drop of a hat.

Clearly, Harry is a bazillionaire. He isn't a slob; he's eccentric.

I just miss Bob as Harry's partner,  not saying that Bonny won't be good, but will never be the same.

Yes, but Bob + Butters & Andi has the potential for something truly, dare I say, magical.

On a more serious note, I'm curious about what happens when a spirit of intellect starts spending a lot of time with the faith side of things. Bob said he's not equipped to deal with it, but with Butters by his side... I suspect Jim is setting us up for something big.

I'm suddenly nervous about the fact that the completion of Peace Talks seems likely to coincide with April Fool's Day. You know what that jerk likes to do to us on April Fool's Day...

Followup question: how does Murphy look to her FBI ex-husband/brother-in-law?

She was booted from the CPD under mysterious circumstances at the same time as a major assault on the local FBI office, followed by the disappearance of Harry Dresden (her known associate and target of a bombing). She's spent about two years openly working with known members of Marcone's organization (whom Dresden is also rumored to work for). As of Skin Game, she's just gotten severely injured during the same week as a massive gun battle at the site of one of Marcone's banks.

Under the circumstances, she looks like a crooked cop who had been on Marcone's payroll for years.

But you forget - Michael lives in Chicago, where "every hideous supernatural thing that happens happen here". He doesn't have to travel!

How about this. 

Harry's magic is tied up in his belief of what reality should be.

Harry believes revolvers are older, more reliable technology, and thus are less susceptible to his wizard's aura. 

Harry believes automatics are newer, less reliable technology. 

Automatic weapons fail around him more frequently than his revolver.

Actual complexity and failure rates may matter, but what really matters is what Harry believes about his magic.  And thus, his natural hex is more likely to cause failures in the automatics who's technology he is suspicious of. 

This is more or less how I've always assumed it works. Harry is conflicted about newer technology because it's not something he doesn't 'get' on a fundamental level. If I lived in the DF universe and knew Harry, I'd suggest Harry try detail stripping & re-assembling a Glock and a revolver, and then see how well each one worked afterwards.

But I don't live in the DF universe, and don't think this really matters much in the story. Unless somebody sits Harry down and points out how much more mechanically complex a revolver is to a modern semi-auto, it's not going to affect Harry. Butters is the person most likely to try experimenting like this, but he doesn't strike me as a gun guy (especially now that he's got a light saber).

Of course, there's always the possibility that once Harry learns how complex revolvers are, they won't work in his presence, either. Actually, scratch that; of course they won't work once Harry learns how complex they are. It's Harry.

More than just training for wizards, the real force multiplier for the White Council would be to form and maintain a dedicated team of soldiers who train alongside the wardens using combined arms tactics. A wizard firing a rifle isn't putting up a shield or launching fireballs; there's an opportunity cost to it. What they really need is a minion with a machine gun laying down suppressing fire so that the wizard can line up the big 'boom' - basically, dungeons & dragons tactics with a SAW instead of a broadsword.

Heck, this is more or less exactly what Harry does with his squads - everybody has a dedicated role that they support each other with. The wardens would be much more effective if they used the same tactics instead of just sending wizards off by themselves.

The problems is that while this would physically be a world-beating force, it is wholly dependent on trusting in the loyalty of a bunch of vanilla mortals who would suddenly gain insights into the strengths and vulnerabilities of the wizards (of which there are many). That's already hard enough with wizards who have a vested interest in banding together - a regular mortal who develops a grudge against the warden has a lot less binding them to the council than any wizard would.