A friend of mine who got some kind of criminal justice degree did some research about setting traps. He told me that the main reason anti trapping laws were passed was to protect the police. I think you point about what would happen if a the authorities had open one of these or even if they just got caught in the blow back is a good worst case scenario. I'm pretty sure if they knew what they were dealing with they'd call out the bomb squad for shits and giggles. If the company who makes this lock would guarantee coverage of all legal fees incurred by the normal use of this product than maybe I'd think about it. It's one thing to say you looked into it and it's allllll goooood, and quite another to put your money where your mouth is.
Agreed. Had my bike taken while in college. My jackhole roommate left the side door to the garage open and unlocked. My bike was the nicest of the five to the homeless man that took it. . Best part, I got it back 3 days later. At a football tailgate (Michigan State University), I recognized my bike, with a kickstand it did not have before, fifty feet from me. It was adorned in plastic bags and empty cans (With a ten cent bottle/can deposit in Michigan, a dude can make a few bucks in empty beer cans.). I waited until the new owner came back, demonstrated that my key opened his u-lock, spouted a baseless threat and I then told him to get on his way. One missing bike returned with an new kickstand I didn't want or need. Wouldn't have happened if I'd locked it.