Years after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green and orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week.

In 2010, the unicode consortium approved of a new emoji called Pistol. And companies like Apple added it to their platforms.

Heads up, Apple users: the pistol emoji available on Apple devices soon will be no more. Apple said Monday that the pistol emoji will be removed from the keyboard and replaced with a lime green ...

The updated design might seem insignificant, but depicting real guns has real-world ramifications. Flick through your emoji keyboard on almost every platform or device, from Apple to Android, and ...

Others, including in the U.S., have been arrested after sending the gun emoji to others, while children have been arrested for perceived terroristic threats for sending similar missives.

Apple has replaced the pistol emoji with a green water gun in the latest iOS update, because apparently that's what will help solve gun violence. I'm unaware of any mass shooter or murderer who ...

William Gallagher 37 Tue Jul 23 2024, 01:52 PM EDT · 1 minute read Choosing the "Pistol" emoji on Twitter/X now again gets you a gun instead of a water pistol ...

They started a campaign last year demanding the tech company to get rid of the gun and pistol emoji. Apple said more than 100 new and redesigned emojis will be coming this fall.