Google softens their gun emoji, Microsoft is the last gun standing.

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Check the Emojipedia chart. Apple switched from a realistic gun to a water pistol in 2016. Two years later, we see the same move by Twitter, Samsung, and now Google.

A year after Apple made their move to a water gun, Facebook shifted to a more photo-realistic image.

And, interestingly, Microsoft went the opposite direction, moving from a sci-fi ray-gun to a hand gun.

So that leaves Facebook and Microsoft, sticking to their guns. But:

A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Emojipedia that a toy squirt gun will now be replacing the gun emoji design on Facebook platforms.

Microsoft. Last gun standing.

UPDATE: From Microsoft:

[H/T Adam Hunter]