http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/features/reader/0%2C2061%2C574190%2C00.html:
Dick Dahl
"The purpose was to look beyond death statistics and gather other information that might help to reduce gun violence%2C much as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration%27s Fatality Analysis Reporting System %28FARS%29 has proven beneficial in reducing traffic deaths. Gathering information about the environment surrounding gun fatalities might inform sensible responses in the same way that FARS has led to a variety of measures -- better auto and highway design%2C tougher drunk-driving laws%2C etc. -- that have reduced traffic fatalities."
