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Apple's change, while well-intentioned, will unilaterally modify the meaning of countless historic messages, texts, and uses of emojis — transforming them in unpredictable ways.

It's a small consolation that Apple isn't taking the nuclear option and removing the handgun emoji altogether, as some anti-gun activists have called for.

Just imagine if Apple decided to remove the word "gun" from its platform, rendering past sentences that used it meaningless. It would be terrifying abuse of power — and it's the exact same principle.