Athrun is very talented and took an army by himself cornering the sharpshooter all by himself along with her AK-47 grunts. Kira was not entirely useless in this episode. It's hard to tell but 3 shots went off if you play it in slow motion and Kira shot first. Meyrin and Kira both missed the first shots but they both handled well underpressure. I would have just tried to jump out of the way and pray for a miracle that it's a dud. I still think it's not as embarrassing as Shinn. He missed an immobile target at a practice range for Christ's sake and had a full night's rest while Ray didnt get any sleep at all and his eyes/handle coordination was sharp as ever.