You do realise that the Sandbox guys work solely on weapons, right? So the fact that their update for weapons is coming before any major fixes to the game is no surprise considering the amount that can go wrong when fixing bugs on the scale that they are trying to do. And Hand Cannons had too much range, being a Hand Cannon user myself (TFWPKY 1969 being my favourite), I think it was justified. I have a sniper equipped for long range, if you don't and you have a shotgun or fusion then that's your choice to play close to medium range combat. Don't get caught in the open.