Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-131.123.61.0-20140416144504/@comment-10570502-20140428093449

It's also possible, mind, that calling her own personal weapons back is easier than manipulating another person's.

As for the long-range thing, there's a limit to that which has been demonstrated in the series, actually. She could hit Jaune with her spear, but she actually had to go and get it back on foot. She could theoretically use the bullets at long range and keep her weapon, but in practice she might actually need to switch modes to actually attack at such a distance (bullets dissipating before they get that far--they are made of energy) and besides that aura is known already (from Ren's fight with the snakes) to provide a bit of a "sixth sense" for danger. She couldn't get the drop on a Hunter that way, in all likelihood.