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Apple plans to replace pistol emoji with water gun

Related Topics: Apple Inc., Water gun, Emoji, Pistol

Apple is hanging up its six-shooter.

The tech giant is planning to drop its revolver emoji and replace it with a water gun with the release of iOS 10 this fall. Emojis are the little characters, once limited to yellow faces, that now encompass a wide range of items, symbols and people that are sent over text messaging.

The move follows a number of controversial social media posts that feature the pistol in a threatening manner -- some of which resulted in criminal charges for the sender.

A group of anti-gun activists began lobbying last year for Apple CEO Tim Cook to remove the gun as part of the #DisarmTheiPhone Twitter campaign.