Response to "When You Have to Shoot First"

I found this article to be very interesting. It merely discussed what is moral or what is immoral when it comes to shooting someone. Whether you're protecting yourself, going with instinct, or it simply being a 'freak' accident. I think in the sense of protecting yourself, in relevance to Eldad's story that took place in Lebanon, it is necessary to do whatever is needed to be done to protect your own well-being or even that of another person. If someone is repeatedly attacking you and shooting at you, your initial reaction is always going to be to attack back; whether that person is killed/wounded or not. Relating to the scenario of the police officer shooting at a man in a trench coat on a hot summer day due to suspicion, I don't think it's morally right but I do think it was right coming from his instincts. Despite that one man's life was ended, the police officer could've actually saved hundreds of lives if this man was really a suicide bomber. But I guess being trained to judge and act on instinct is the price some of those police officers pay to protect our society.