Apple shoots down gun emojis

Published June 20, 2016 8:31pm ET



Emojis featuring guns and rifles won’t be available anymore, after tech companies decided against them in the wake of the Orlando shooting and the political push for a way to restrict gun access.

ABC News reported on Monday that Unicode Consortium, which sets standards for the characters used to illustrate electronic communications like texting, made the decision after Apple, a voting member of the group, said it was worried the depictions. Also gone is an emoji showing the pentathlon, which pictured someone firing a rifle.

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