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If the door is aluminum, it needs to be replaced. If it's steel and the intrusion beam hasn't been hit, technically it can be folded back, welded up, and filler used to reshape it fully. it's not on a body line, which makes it pretty easy. Again, if it's steel.
If the intrusion beam is hit, it's done and needs to be replaced. you can't repair intrusion beams (structural cross beam across the inside of the door).
Depending on your insurance and the shop, you can push to get that replaced.
Here's what will happen if you repair it.
Paint blended into the fender, bumper dropped, headlight removed, door taken apart, welded, fixed, painted and blended within the door.
If you replace it, all the above plus they will have to blend the paint into the rear door, in which they'll take the rear door apart to do that, sacrificing factory paint.
Both have their pro's and cons. I would prefer replacing the door.
EDIT: Have them check the back side of the trim panel, while the bullet may not have gone through, it could have damaged the back side of your trim panel on it's way in, or bounced around.
Source: I see this all the time in MD
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