{"id":131182,"date":"2016-08-02T07:14:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T13:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/02\/when-is-a-gun-not-a-gun-emoji-edition.html"},"modified":"2016-08-02T07:14:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T13:14:34","slug":"when-is-a-gun-not-a-gun-emoji-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/02\/when-is-a-gun-not-a-gun-emoji-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"When is a gun not a gun? (Emoji Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some interesting discussion on the implications of Apple changing the gun emoji on its platforms from an actual pistol to a water pistol. While I can understand the sentiment of not having a tool of violence pop up visually on the emoji screen all the time, unilaterally making that change has implications for more than just Apple users.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-change-pistol-emoji-toy-confusion-precedent-meaning-retroactive-2016-8'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/SVGpTBTaIvIB9CqX7hNRc7hrdhzznMXugnkn-KbHKq0ufJv8mAIFsO6NNq1hRex1wBN_7O5PwTGhoa3nSX5WNy9EydgH0NQu6xHXuT02RisfX2jxMRFzzjh7jFrgMKnDUi0ytw0GIysivwfg=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-change-pistol-emoji-toy-confusion-precedent-meaning-retroactive-2016-8'>There&#8217;s a huge problem with Apple&#8217;s plan to combat gun violence by changing an emoji<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nApple is using emojis to take a stand against&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/fLixzL2okUe'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some interesting discussion on the implications of Apple changing the gun emoji on its platforms from an actual pistol to a water pistol. While I can understand the sentiment of not having a tool of violence pop up visually on the emoji screen all the time, unilaterally making that change has implications for more than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/02\/when-is-a-gun-not-a-gun-emoji-edition.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When is a gun not a gun? 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