Lastly, well, it's kind of like why one would put fancy paint and wheels on a sports car.
Oh heck, there are some people who consider ANY black plastic gun to be ugly! Mine looks like pretty much like an ordinary service rifle, utilitarian. The muzzle brake is really no more ort less ugly than, say, a flash hider.
As far as getting under the Brady Bunch's skin, they don't like the postban models any better than the "evil" prebans.
I guess my point is, that in retrospect, the AW ban on certain cosmetic features really did turn out to be much ado about nothing for 99% of civilian users. Aside from the obvious "Urban Commando" cachet of the preban models, I can't see the big deal.
Lastly, well, it's kind of like why one would put fancy paint and wheels on a sports car.
Yeah, OK. Or painting camo on the family station wagon and pretending it's a Hummer, I guess. ;)