People like Al Capone and Dutch Schultz command a lot of respect in the Pulseboy house. Where as mobster have zoot suits at best. Pirates also sail the seven seas, swing from ropes with knives in there mouths, and generally swashbuckel. They have swords and scurvy and cannons on thier big boats. If you'd seen Burt Lancaster in The Crimson Pirate, you wouldn't be asking such a daft question.
Pirates have so much more style and finesse.
Swordfights are more fun than gunfights. They got a style of their own. And not that many peoples would be caught dead dissin' on 'em. Mobsters got all the connections and the elegant lifestyles. Besides, they'd kill me if i went for the pirates.