Animate Guardian Ranged?

This upcoming league is a lot of Ranger/Archer upgrades and changes.
Animate Guardian still can't be a ranged character for some reason.
Spirit Guards Threshold Jewel should be able to apply, especially when running Chains of Command.
Jorrhast's Blacksteel currently applies to those created.
Wouldn't it be relatively easy to slightly modify Spirit Guards to apply to Animate Guardian's Weapon spell as well as Animate Weapon?
Or maybe just allowing Animate Guardian to equip Ranged Weapons?
Either way, the Guardian or Weapon is restricted to a basic attack anyway.

On a side note, how hard would it be to allow Animate Guardian to activate triggered abilities on gear???

Another easy option is to add something like "Animate Guardian may equip Ranged Weapons" as a line on a prophecy upgraded Chains of Command or amulet.

If Bows were added to the animate guardian, then we could use quivers on them too!