[Haiku Guy]

In many cities and towns, unless you fear for your life, you are not permitted to fire you gun within the city limits. So a warning shot is not legal, because if you feared for your life you would have been aiming center mass.

So, Larry is right. If you choose to fire a warning shot, make sure it is a situation where firing to kill is warranted, and say you were shooting to kill and missed.

[Blue Jays]

While it is splitting hairs...one technically does not shoot to kill as much as one shoots to halt a deadly threat and sometimes the perpetrator of that threat is killed.

[marktwain]

“In many cities and towns, unless you fear for your life, you are not permitted to fire you gun within the city limits. So a warning shot is not legal, because if you feared for your life you would have been aiming center mass.”

That is a logical fallacy. Shooting center mass is not the only possible response to fearing for your life.