<s>
The	O
Pistol	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
( 🔫	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
emoji	B-Application
usually	O
displayed	O
as	O
a	O
green	O
or	O
orange	O
toy	O
gun	O
or	O
water	O
gun	O
,	O
but	O
historically	O
was	O
displayed	O
as	O
an	O
actual	O
handgun	O
on	O
most	O
older	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
faced	O
controversy	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
perceived	O
meanings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
replaced	O
its	O
realistic	O
revolver	O
design	O
with	O
a	O
water	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
most	O
major	O
platforms	O
also	O
followed	O
to	O
change	O
their	O
revolver	O
emojis	B-Application
to	O
water	O
gun	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pistol	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
included	O
in	O
proprietary	O
emoji	B-Application
sets	O
from	O
SoftBank	O
Mobile	O
and	O
au	O
by	O
KDDI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
characters	O
sourced	O
from	O
SoftBank	O
,	O
au	O
by	O
KDDI	O
,	O
and	O
NTT	O
Docomo	O
emoji	B-Application
sets	O
,	O
the	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
was	O
approved	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Unicode	O
6.0	O
in	O
2010	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Pistol	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Global	O
popularity	O
of	O
emojis	B-Application
then	O
surged	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
to	O
mid-2010s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pistol	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Technical	O
Standard	O
for	O
emoji	B-Application
(	O
UTS	O
#51	O
)	O
since	O
its	O
first	O
edition	O
(	O
Emoji	B-Application
1.0	O
)	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
pistol	O
"	O
emoji	B-Application
was	O
commonly	O
used	O
for	O
serious	O
intent	O
or	O
threats	O
until	O
2018	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
used	O
for	O
playful	O
purposes	O
,	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
in	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
pistol	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
🔫	B-Application
would	O
be	O
changed	O
from	O
a	O
realistic	O
revolver	O
to	O
a	O
water	O
pistol	O
after	O
the	O
continuing	O
gun	O
violence	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Conversely	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
day	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
pushed	O
out	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
that	O
changed	O
its	O
longstanding	O
depiction	O
of	O
the	O
pistol	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
as	O
a	O
toy	O
ray-gun	O
to	O
a	O
real	O
revolver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2018	O
,	O
most	O
major	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Google	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	O
,	O
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
had	O
transitioned	O
their	O
rendering	O
of	O
the	O
pistol	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
to	O
match	O
Apple	O
's	O
water	O
gun	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Margaret	O
Rhodes	O
of	O
Wired	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Apple	O
's	O
squirt	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
hides	O
a	O
big	O
political	O
statement.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Collegiate	O
Times	O
claims	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
firearm	O
emoji	B-Application
does	O
not	O
always	O
indicate	O
gun	O
violence.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
The	O
Daily	O
Show	O
with	O
Trevor	O
Noah	O
discussed	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
a	O
12-year-old	O
girl	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
was	O
charged	O
with	O
sending	O
a	O
message	O
including	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
"	O
meet	O
me	O
in	O
the	O
library	O
Tuesday	O
"	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
"	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
emojis	B-Application
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
middle	O
school	O
student	O
in	O
Virginia	O
faced	O
felony	O
charges	O
after	O
she	O
posted	O
an	O
Instagram	B-Application
comment	O
threatening	O
her	O
fellow	O
students	O
with	O
a	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
,	O
while	O
In	O
2016	O
,	O
a	O
man	O
from	O
France	O
was	O
jailed	O
for	O
3	O
months	O
after	O
sending	O
his	O
ex-girlfriend	O
a	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
a	O
12-year-old	O
girl	O
faced	O
criminal	O
charges	O
for	O
using	O
certain	O
emojis	B-Application
including	O
gun	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
in	O
Brooklyn	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
a	O
17-year-old	O
boy	O
named	O
Osiris	O
Aristy	O
was	O
charged	O
for	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
pistol	B-Application
emoji	I-Application
in	O
part	O
of	O
what	O
was	O
construed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
threat	O
.	O
</s>
