Apple Will Soon Replace The Gun Emoji With Something Much Less Lethal

I thought at first, when I began reading this, Apple was caving in to objections over the handgun Emoji because it wasn't PC enough. Then I read further and realized Apple was changing the Emoji because of all the recent gun violence, and suicides by vets. In a way I guess that's being PC, but I take it as doing a public service.

When Apple unveiled its first batch of iPhone emojis several years ago, I was incredulous. Using childish cartoons in place of actual words seemed like something only a teenage girl or a middle-aged man who’s “hip with the kids” would do. Then I discovered the revolver emoji, and, just like that, I was converted. Now, at last, I had a convenient way to communicate to my friends and loved ones exactly what I was feeling whenever my life turned sour grapes, as it’s prone to do. Hungover? Bad day at work? Fly unzipped on the subway, again!? Those moments could be summed up quickly with a little yellow face followed by a gun pointing at that face. Boom.