We have allot of nice lawyering and reasoning going on here but I think you guys all know the intent of the rules and how they are suppose to work. You can find cracks and and holes in any rules and if they cover everything in detail the will be to long for anybody to follow properly.
The rules intent is to increase fair play and your enjoyment of the game, they are not made so you can find new and creative ways of abusing them.
The rules here are kept simple so anyone can know them by heart and
TG is trusting your to sort out the rest with "fair play" and "common sense"
Here are few guidelines I suggest you follow:
1. if you shoot at something and it shoots back = "don't complain"
2. you someone doing something wrong, you tell him to stop and he does = "let it go"
3. if you break a rule or are unsure if you broke a rule = "apologize and move on"
4. keep in mind there is big difference between deliberately breaking the rules and doing it by accident or ignorans = "one your report the other you educate"