It is frequently claimed that in some European countries, it is standard practice to "shoot-to-disable" but I have been told by trainers in the USA that doing t

It is frequently claimed that in some European countries, it is standard practice to "shoot-to-disable" but I have been told by trainers in the USA that doing that makes you likely to miss and/or risk danger of hitting another person. if that is true, then it would seem to be a bad policy, but it's claimed it works better. Who is right? I wish some journalist would write an article on this.