X’s new gun emoji fights ‘woke mind virus’ – Musk

The platform switched back from a toy pistol to a realistic firearm last month

Elon Musk has explained the decision to bring back the gun emoji to X (formerly Twitter), saying the choice to depict a realistic firearm rather than a toy pistol is part of the fight against the “woke mind virus.”

In a post on his social media network on Tuesday, the US billionaire shared a chart showing how the emoji has looked on various platforms over the past decade.