From a criminal point of view, it is better to cripple your enemy, than to murder him. It doesn't attract the same type of attention, you don't want the relentless, ever lasting, attention from authorities It's not that they don't care about people shooting other people in the ass, it's just that they primarily focus on the bigger fishes, the murderers Year To Date Shot & Killed: 291 Shot & Wounded: 1275 Total Shot: 1566 Total Homicides: 320 It's not just accidents