Congratulations guys, you got what you wanted. Now just about every shotgun is useless and this game will be nothing but an assault rifle fest, because despite the false claims that shotguns were too versatile, assault rifles literally are good in every situation. At a distance? Have no fear! Up close? Still good enough DPS. It's basically impossible to get close enough with a shotgun now. The devs really have no clue how to balance a game.
I was literally just in a game with the Peacekeeper where I landed a shot from arms length when a guy came through a door I was camping, shot him in the back, and he then put about 6 more shots into him and the game said I did 98 damage. Wow.