X marks the spot.

I always wondered why policemen, who have had a lot of  target practice, always shoot to kill--even for a crime as minor as shoplifting. After all if you shoot someone in the leg, they become immobile. If you've had enough target practice, you should be able to hit someone in the arm and make them drop that knife, or even shoot the knife right out of their hand like Shane. But that isn't what happens. Time after time we hear about a cop shooting someone in the heart after being threatened with a ballpoint pen or a piece of wood. Now I think I know why. It must be because at most target ranges the target looks like the one above. The goal is to hit the figure right in the middle. This target doesn't even have legs for anyone to practice on shooting.  Maybe if we started insisting on more full-figure targets, the lives of more minor criminals or the mentally ill might be saved.