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They were not intended to be out into the game. The prominent ones were a result of a patch that increased the damage that a melee would do. Prior to the 1.1 update, one melee would not take down another player's shields, so there would be no real use for BXR. The double-shot was already there, but no one seemed to know about it. Or at least no one seemed to care enough to use it. Regardless, they are in fact a bug, so they violate the ToU. Even if Bungie decided that they were "fair" to use, its still a bug, which makes them cheating in M$' eyes. There are ways that they could get around that (I'd imagine a call to Major Nelson or Bill Gates would do it), but now I'm rambling.
Perhaps Bungie thinks that button glitches throw off the balance that they tried to create for the game. Perhaps Bungie thinks that button glitches incorporate something from a different genre of games, and they don't like the idea. I could go on all day hypothesizing about more or less anything. This is a good and noble effort OP, and you've pulled it off nicely (more or less) thus far. It still violates our rules though, so I'm going to lock it.
I suggest you take it to a group forum. Perhaps you should make a group dedicated totally to this hypothesis. Your call.