Editing Air gun (section)

==Safety and misuse==
While historical air guns have been made specifically for warfare, modern air guns can also be deadly.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_3916775">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3916775/Crackdown-on-killer-air-rifles |title=Crackdown on killer air rifles |date=14 July 2010 |work=[[NZPA]] |access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref> In medical literature, modern air guns have been noted as a cause of death.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Air gun--a deadly toy?: A case report. | pmid=16683474 | volume=46 | issue=2 | journal=Med Sci Law | pages=177–80 | last1 = Kuligod | first1 = FS | last2 = Jirli | first2 = PS | last3 = Kumar | first3 = P| s2cid=2496377 | year=2006 | doi=10.1258/rsmmsl.46.2.177 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Fatal nonpowder firearm wounds: case report and review of the literature. | pmid=2104975 | volume=85 | issue=2 | journal=Pediatrics | pages=177–81 | last1 = Lawrence | first1 = HS| year=1990 | doi=10.1542/peds.85.2.177 | s2cid=20875059 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url= |title=Air weapon injuries: a serious and persistent problem.|journal=Archives of Disease in Childhood|volume=86|issue=4|pages=234–235|doi=10.1136/adc.86.4.234|pmid=11919092|year=2002|last1=Ceylan|first1=H.|pmc=1719169}}</ref> This has been the case for guns of caliber .177 and .22 that are within the legal muzzle energy of air guns in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Air Weapon Fatalities | pmc=500806 | pmid=9797730|volume=51|issue = 7|year=1998|journal=J. Clin. Pathol.|pages=525–9 | last1 = Milroy | first1 = CM | last2 = Clark | first2 = JC | last3 = Carter | first3 = N | last4 = Rutty | first4 = G | last5 = Rooney | first5 = N | doi=10.1136/jcp.51.7.525}}</ref>

For reason of safety and security a rule of use of the [[Gun safety#Safety flag|safety flag]] has been strictly mentioned by ISSF for the 10m air pistol and rifle shooting sports events.