Shooting a guy in the legs doesn't keep him from pulling the trigger, which is the point (in this particular case) of the CCWer firing. So now he (the robber) is on the floor (maybe), in shock and pain, surging with rage and panic and fear and adrenaline, and now he's even more frantic to get away because now he's injured. The shock and adrenaline are blocking the pain, for now, but that won't last. The CCWer is attacking him unjustly (because, after all, he's not planning on shooting anybody, the gun is for intimidation and "just in case"
, and in his mind he's defending himself from the CCWer, who is now also a factor in preventing him from fleeing and is close enough to engage in physical combat.
And the robber still has the loaded gun and the ability to use it.
Very bad combination!
No, once things have deteriorated to this point, the CCWer has to disable the armed robber, and do it fast. END IT. The fastest way is a shot to the brain, which would immediately kill the robber and shut down his entire nervous system, but a couple to the chest is almost as good, with the robber likely to be stunned by the impacts and fall to the floor, then bleeding out into unconsciousness or death before recovering from the shock of impact.
I'll point out that you're also asking the CCWer to make a precision shot from a fast draw with adrenaline surging through his system.
I know the scene at the end of Fargo, where the sheriff carefully shoots the fleeing felon in the leg, but the two situations are not comparable. The felon was unarmed and fleeing, and the sheriff was unable to pursue (preggers) and had time to take several shots before finally hitting the felon. Also, there was no immediate danger of her missing. If she had emptied the gun to no avail, she would not be facing a life-or-death confrontation.
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