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Apple said to be behind decision to remove proposed rifle and pistol shooting emoji from standard

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<p>Apple has apparently hit the delete button on a proposed rifle emoji that was previously accepted. Unicode, the group behind the character standard, ultimately decided to pull the rifle character from the next emoji set in Unicode 9 (http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/02/new-emoji-ios-iphone-bacon-selfie-more/). Buzzfeed (https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/thanks-to-apples-influence-youre-not-getting-a-rifle-emoji?utm_term=.ppJjQaOvx#.wqYPQykx1) reports, however, that Apple (which has voting rights within the group) largely led the opposition to the rifle emoji:</p>
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