If you are in that job, you presumably qualify as a good shot. The shooter can be disabled
No matter how good a shot, shooting to disable is very difficult. It's like the old Westerns where a cowboy shot the gun out of a villains hand.
Even if you are great at shooting, there are so many factors making disabling shots very unlikely: Wind, temperature, muscle micromovements, even the rotation of Earth can factor in... a disabling shot could easily become a fatal one.
They could shoot the gun out of his hands, shoot the roof nearby.
That’s what I said!! I said they should have shot the pad off his right index finger so he couldn’t pull the trigger!!
FReepers were like “you watch too many movies” and “You’re stupid” and stuff.
There is no such thing as a disabling shot with a sniper rifle. Hit someone ANYWHERE with a 308, a 338 Lapua (very popular) or a 300 Win Mag and without immediate skilled first aid, they will probably die.
Best way to disable is how Crooks was shot