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Yes, it's been discussed in this thread...in detail...over and over..
But to summarize, the point of shooting him was to blow his brains out, TO KILL HIM. There would be no regeneration, that was the point. That's why Claire was hesitant to blow his brains out, and that's why Nathan chose to save the city and Peter by letting him explode (as opposed to saving the city by letting Claire blow his brains out) but getting him out of (or high above in this case) the city. Though the implication there is that Nathan was sacrificing himself so that Peter could live (after he explodes).
More in depth discussion is probably just a few pages back.