Apple Replaces Gun Emoji

Bye bye pistol emoji and hello.... water gun?

Emoji changes were announced yesterday for the next version of Apple's iPhone operating system, iOS 10. From the sounds of it they are replacing the pistol emoji with a water gun, according to money.cnn.com. It was also stated, "The gun swap is just one of a number of emoji changes the company announced on Monday. It will also introduce new and revamped emojis that show women doing stereotypically male jobs like detective, construction worker, and police officer. There are new female athletes, a pride flag, and family options for single parents.

The water gun swap is not Apple's (AAPL, Tech30) first foray into cartoon gun control. Earlier this year the governing body in charge of emojis nixed a proposed rifle emoji. It was one of a number of possible new additions, but Unicode Consortium members Apple and Microsoft argued against the Olympics-inspired gun, according to Buzzfeed."

And well, there ya have it.

You can read the rest of the story at http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/01/technology/apple-pistol-emoji/