By the way some may feel I am pulling apart the code and trying to find ways around the NEC.
That is not the case at all, the CMPs choose certain words for a reason, in this case they chose words that IMO suggest the section only applies to nails and screws that literally pass through the inside of the enclosure.
I can't remember the whole thing but Charlie E has said more or less;
When you read a code section do not read it like know what it says...even if you wrote it.:
Bob