X changed its water pistol emoji to a normal firearm, six years after Twitter decided to follow the lead of other companies and get rid of its gun emoji.

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X has dropped the "water pistol" emoji, which was depicted as a colorful and harmless looking child's toy — and replaced it with an emoji depicting an actual gun.

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Users on Twitter/X have found that after six years, choosing the pistol emoji now shows an image of a gun instead of a water pistol.

But not any longer on X, formerly Twitter, which has switched the cartoon-like water pistol for a gunmetal firearm that looks disturbingly realistic.