Good point. That's why I'd choose my rifle over a handgun any day of the week, and why I'd practice snap shooting with it.

Try this little drill next time you're at the range. We used to figure we'd probably see a bear from about 30-50 yards, since that's about the least amount of distance (worst case) we could see anything where we were in AK. We based our "exercise" here on a bear covering a short distance of ground between us at up to 30 mph (that's about 45 fps, consider uneven ground, acceleration, etc.)
30 yards is 90 feet, call it 100. The bear will cover that distance to you in about 2.5 seconds. Set one target up at 100 feet, the next 20 feet. You have 2.5 seconds to engage and hit both. If you can't hit both, hit just one and think about what you want to be hitting it with if the situation were real.