“What kind of gun doesn’t kill animals?”/“A vegun.”

“Vegan” sometimes sounds like “ve-gun.” A riddle was printed on an image on January 9, 2017:
 
Q: What gun doesn’t kill things?
A: A vegun.

 
       
Twitter
McDonalds Sprite 🥤
@phillypls
What gun doesn’t kill things? A veGUN, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
11:15 AM - 9 Jan 2017
   
Twitter
Super Smash Bruce
@NoCoastPopPop
What type of gun doesn’t kill anything?
A VEGUN!
11:50 AM - 9 Jan 2017
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/summerfest2009 January 10, 2017
What kind of gun doesn’t kill things?
A Vegun.
   
Twitter   
River She/Her
@iamyokitoshi
What type of gun doesn’t kill people? - A Vegun https://tmblr.co/ZQNigh2H0FAAo
8:38 PM - 10 Jan 2017
     
Reddit—Vegan
Posted by u/YourVeganFallacyIs abolitionist January 10, 2017
What Gun Doesn’t Kill Things?! =oD
(An image is shown and the answer is “A vegun.”—ed.)
 
Twitter
Jeremy Boucher
@Jeremy_Boucher
What type of gun doesn’t kill anything? A ve-gun.
12:28 PM - 26 Jan 2017
   
Twitter
Nikkin @  😈 Commissions 😈
@nicole_alt_del
“What gun doesn’t kill people? A Vegan.”
“A Ve-gun? What’s a- Oh, vegan.”
1:25 AM - 3 Mar 2017
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/TheApple123 May 29, 2017
What type of gun doesn’t kill things?
A vegun
     
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/zippitybippitybunch September 12, 2017
What kind of gun DOESN’T kill things?
A vegun
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/avgthecreator January 7, 2018
What do you call a gun that doesn’t kill anything.
A vegun.
 
Reddit—Dadjokes 
Posted by u/oh_no_yikes May 7, 2019
What kinda gun doesn’t kill things?
A vegun