Might be missing that some cities do make you pass a basic safety test for the permit. It's not everything, but it's not totally useless either.

Overtightening gets blamed too much, doesn't it?

Honestly my friend's dog does this with his keys all the time, just swats them off the table. I guess they just see our important stuff as random toys to bat around, lol. Pets have zero respect for our things but that's why we love them.