What do the yellow, green and red cards mean in shooting?

• Yellow card: a warning, so that "the athlete may have an opportunity to correct the fault". One jury member may give it. A warning carries forward to any later fault of the same kind.
• Green card: a deduction, normally two points, given by one jury member. Some rules set a different figure, such as one point for dry firing in a final.
• Red card: disqualification, shown as DSQ. Apart from a failed equipment test, it "may only be given by the decision of a majority of the Jury".
• Hidden faults: "when the fault is deliberately concealed", disqualification.
• No fixed ladder: a deduction or a disqualification does not have to follow a warning.
• What DSQ removes: the athlete's results in the elimination, qualification and final of that event.
• DQB: disqualification for a serious safety breach or for abusing an official or another athlete. It removes the athlete's results in every event of the championship.
• False answers: an athlete who knowingly gives false information about an incident loses two points, or is disqualified in a serious case.
• Teams: a team with a disqualified member is not ranked.
• Where a deduction goes: in the series where the fault happened. A general deduction comes off the lowest shot of the first series of that stage.

Faults that cost two points include a second coaching offence, a shot-value protest that fails, each shot too many and reporting late for a final. Not walking normally in shooting shoes brings a warning and then two points.

Most faults in shooting are small matters of kit or position that an athlete can put right once told, so the rules start with a warning. Concealment is treated differently because it shows intent. Deleting every result after a dangerous act marks safety as the one rule above the competition.