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According to the Skaven army book a gutter runner unit may choose to swap it's extra hand weapon for snare nets which state specifically "Counts as a shield"

Under my interpretation of this "Counts as a shield" means that in addition to causing models in base contact to have -1ws -1I you also get +1 armor and the effect of a pary save for handweapon/shield.

Would the general consensus be to agree with my interpretation or to disagree with it? and if so why?

i would agree with you, sadly i have a 10k+ skaven army and dont even own the book, but what you say sounds right

Yep, counting as a shield means parry (unless you have AHW, in which case you must use it) +1 AS against shooting and if you use it in combat.

Nope it says you can take a snare net as a replacement to your AHW.

Nos was just saying that, in general, this is what counts as a shield means, not making any commentary on what exact options were carried by the gutter runners. Seems less useful now that parry is a 6+ ward anyway.

And i believe gutter runners have a 6+ dodge ward anyway.

Exactly my point!