Good point, I am one of the top 100 marksman for my age in the US. I have been tought amoung making ghillie suits, and evasion tatics, where to shoot a person. Mike is right a well placed bullet to the area around Femoral artery will most likely cause damage to it. If it dose cause damage and it hits the right spot, there is a good chance that without proper medical treatment the person that was shot has a chance of dying depending on the amount of blood lost in a few seconds. And again mike is corrrect about SWAT marksman, they are going to take the best shot which would again like mike said the head or the center mass. There are multiple reasons for this, for one marksman will alomost always choose a elivated postition over ground level due to the view of the suspect but also the probability of taking the target out. But people need to remember that a shot from a makrsman is a one of the last options from police. They will almost always wait for a order to shoot before they procide to pull the triger. On the subject of bullets and surendering, if your high on drugs and you get cought. There is a almost 100% chance that that person is going to resist arrest because they basically are not aware of whats going on. Now if you a normal criminal, and they have the motovation to they will do everything they can to resist, which in some cases causes them to hurt themselves further.