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You misconstrue the content to describe it like that. The justification is predicated on the a clear and present danger to others.

What reasoning do you have to support being remorseful for saving others from a clear and present danger?

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Normal people have nightmares for years after killing someone, even in the most perfectly justified cases of self defense. You don't easily recover. If you can kill someone and be more or less OK after that, you probably have antisocial personality disorder or you've had a lot of training to desensitize you to killing. Neither of those are good qualities in public service.

> Normal people have nightmares for years after killing someone, even in the most perfectly justified cases of self defense.

This isn't an answer to the question. It is in fact a non-answer that endorses the irrational as an enlightened state.

Do you think people need a justification to have feelings?

What you call misconstruing I call reading between the lines.

Edit: and I think remorse is a healthy and useful check on the excess of police violence we've been seeing. I suppose if you think it's all just fine, we're not going to have much common ground for understanding.

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