On: Apple and the Gun Emoji

[Mithaldu]

That is your preference, however the question here is what the unicode consortium thinks.

[bballer → Mithaldu]

Why have a standards body at all if it's just going to be up to the 3rd parties to determine what is going to be displayed then? Like I said before, they should be free to display each unicode item/object artistically how they see fit, they should however not be free to change what item/object is to be conveyed entirely.

[Mithaldu → bballer]

That is your opinion and you are free to hold it but what matters here is what the Unicode Consortium thinks.

[bballer → Mithaldu]

I agree, it would be nice to have the Unicode Consortium come out and address these issues.