If only the police department had access to say, a bomb squad. I'm sure the folks from the bomb squad could take a 5 minute look at this thing and say, "wow, no triggers or anything! Looks like we got a clock here!" But now, almost as if they know it's coming, the police have changed their story to, "well, it looks like it _could_ be a bomb, and uh, that's illegal too - so we're saving America here."