Fantasy land != Reality<p>There is no such thing as shooting to disable. You <i>always</i> aim for center of mass and if you do not feel threatened enough to <i>shoot to kill</i> then <i>you shouldn&#x27;t be shooting at all</i>.<p>Now the caveat to this is if you shot an intruder and they&#x27;re still alive, but now injured to the degree where you can safely disarm them and keep a gun drawn on them; current U.S law makes this a problem. You can get in legal trouble&#x2F;sued by someone who broke into your home with a weapon intent on killing you, but only if they <i>live</i>.<p>This means not only are you shooting to kill - you&#x27;re now dumping an entire magazine into the person to make sure they are dead.<p>E:<p>To the people who downvoted, how would you disarm an intruder with a gun? Ask them politely to put the weapon down? Run at them with a baseball bat (and risk getting shot)?<p>Or maybe shoot them in the arm or leg? Where major arteries are and the shot is still likely to be <i>fatal</i> and also <i>has a higher chance of missing entirely</i>.<p>Life isn&#x27;t Call of Duty and shots to the legs&#x2F;arm don&#x27;t just &quot;injure&quot;, they kill. So I&#x27;ll repeat myself: there is no such thing as shooting to disarm or disable in real life. Only in fantasy first-person-shooter land.