because, you want to look good, and you want to have the best...expesially by being an American, its gotta be bigger and badder than anything else, casue thats how we roll! that and the sidearm is usually a part of you, and normally has some story or history, i don't know how well that goes into arisfot i know mine does! but i also think it can define you. its normaly more personailized, not in the sense its got sh*t attached to it but its picked because you like how it prefroms and how it looks. if i'm making any sense at all