They argued that both the code and the panel had a proven track record and warned the FSA could be drawn into takeover battles as a delaying tactic by those opposing the bid.
Such safeguards include manufacturers training their dealers and distributors to identify and handle illegal purchasers at the point of sale, developing a code of conduct for distributors, and requiring them to implement record keeping measures in order to keep guns out of the wrong hands.
Faulkner wrote the code, using the computer language MUMPS. The founder of Meditech, an electronic health record company, had developed it in 1968 at Mass General Hospital.