A song in the Beatles' White album written by John Lennon. The phrase "happiness is a warm gun" is a metaphor for "happiness is getting laid." Like a gun is warm after firing it, happiness in this song is compared to having had satisfying sexual activity.
A purple gun is a name for a penis. Most purple guns are lost in the Vietnam War and are never replaced. Then the original owner of the purple gun will choose to identify as female, or a walmart shopping bag.