🐱 Apple removes gun emoji

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/09/13/say-goodbye-to-your-gun-emoji-hello-to-your-water-gun/


CUPERTINO (CBS SF) — Apple has killed the gun emoji on its new iOS 10 update and replaced it with a toy.

The latest operating system for iPhone and iPad users dropped Tuesday, with 70 new emoji icons. The old rifle emoji has disappeared, and the revolver has evolved into a harmless-looking, bright green squirt gun.

Gun control advocates applauded Apple’s decision to dump the handgun emoji when the tech giant announced the changes in August.

The latest batch of iOS 10 emoji features athletes, cops, twins, even hard-hat workers with multiple skin tones and hair colors. It also includes a new LGBT rainbow flag and single-parent family options.

The water pistol emoji has gotten a lot of unpopular reviews from folks who used it on social media to express the urge to “shoot themselves in the head.”

 

[Ronald Gaygun]

Should've bought an Android

 

[alex_theman]

Should've bought an Android

Agreed.

 

[Frozen Space Faggot]

Pretty strange how those apparent "gun control advocates" are happy over this, but then again meme magic has become real now.

 

[Beaniebon]

What do emojis have to do with gun control I cannot fathom the possibility that people think emojis lead to mass violence...

 

[Loxiozzz]

 

[Intelligent Calcium]

What do emojis have to do with gun control I cannot fathom the possibility that people think emojis lead to mass violence...

I don't have a horse in this race, but censorship advocates are generally very bad at distinguishing fantasy from reality.

 

[Ineedahero]

Are your children being trained to kill through emojis? The answer will shock you!

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Apple got rid of the headphone jack, this means war.

 

[Captain_Asshole]

We are safe now, thank the emprah!

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

Gun control advocates applauded Apple’s decision to dump the handgun emoji when the tech giant announced the changes in August.

Well, they couldn't get the gun control they wanted, so they had to scale it back until they got something.

 

[OJ 473]

If a tiny drawing of a gun makes you froth by the mouth then you probably don't have much to worry about in the first place. Also

It also includes a new LGBT rainbow flag and single-parent family options.

They know exactly who buys their phones.

 

[Positron]

Nah single parents can't afford their shit.

 

[neverendingmidi]

If a tiny drawing of a gun makes you froth by the mouth then you probably don't have much to worry about in the first place. Also


They know exactly who buys their phones.

Remember, eating a poptart until it sort-of-if-you-squint-and-are-on-LSD looks like a gun, that's grounds for suspension. So an emoji that looks more like a gun is a horrifying thing that triggers people into insensibility just by its merest existence.

 

[Positron]

Do they still have the eggplant?

 

[ZehnBoat]

Gun control advocates applauded Apple’s decision to dump the handgun emoji when the tech giant announced the changes in August.

what the christ?
it's one thing to control the distribution of a physical item
but how does removing an emoji help with gun control?

that's like burning history books in hopes of preventing WWII.
what does it have to do with anything?

 

[VJ 120]

They're probably gonna remove the knife emoji next. Too bad they couldn't remove the retarded 100 and crying/laughing face.

 

[Motherboard]

Apple trying to look good just makes them look retarded.

 

[Trombonista]

Just so you know, Android still has the pistol emoji.

 

[Daughter of Cernunnos]

Gun control advocates are pathetic. They don't get the policy victories they want so instead they bag a maker of crappy electronics to change its emojis. Okay then.