I'd rather gun them down before they get within close range myself. And that EBR still cost me 10k nuyen, which is far more than the Alpha, and doesn't have inherent RC, unlike the Alpha, nor a Grenade Launcher. Plus it's harder to get into places. And unlike Automatics users, as Longarms user I do not have Suppressive Fire and Long Bursts as options, so that's yet another advantage the Alpha users have.