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

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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. Buzzfeed reports, however, that Apple (which has voting rights within the group) largely led the opposition to the rifle emoji:</p>
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