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The Old Nickname Loses Ground
· New York time
Firearms discharges in the West Midlands police force area have fallen by more than half over six years, the BBC reports. That is a substantial improvement in a defined measure, not a claim that all crime has halved. The change challenges the region's gun crime capital reputation. Such labels can remain familiar long after the figures beneath them have moved. Statistics arrive carrying dates and definitions; nicknames travel light and tend to overstay. Here, the old reputation has received notice that its statistical lease is no longer being renewed.
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