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18th June 2016
03:26pm BST

Image via Ars Technica
According to Buzzfeed, the ban was influenced by Apple, one of Unicode's largest companies, whose members have voting privileges.
Apple executives reportedly initiated the debate and said that the rifle emoji would not be supported on its platforms.
Neither Apple nor Unicode has elaborated on the reasons why the emoji was taken off the list.
The pistol or handgun emoji remains and nothing has been said on that matter by either organisation as of yet.