I’d think, “OK, shit just got real,” and then move for cover.
All we have is the pointing of a gun. To go forward to that conclusion, I’d need more. A terrified expression, a shout of warning, a cry of dismay, some evidence that there’s more going on.
The OP doesn’t give us that. All we get is “Your SO points a gun at you.” Without the other contextual clues, there isn’t any rational basis.
Also, the SO is pointing the gun at you, and not “over your shoulder.” My family know how to aim guns.
Given her aim, I am probably the safest one in the room. The dog, probably not so much.
I voted “Freeze” because there was no option for “All right, all right - I will take out the recycling”.
Regards,
Shodan
For anyone else it would be duck or reach for my gun. If it was her I’d freeze. She knows where my guns are but doesn’t go near them and does not know much about them. It would be a complete surprise to see her with a gun.
When you said, “Does this make me look fat?” and I answered, “Yes”. I thought you said, “Is this something to look at?”. Honest I did.
I’m pretty sure that my gf would have the sense to tell me :“Duck, Stupid, I mean handsomeharry!” if I was standing in front of her target.
OTOH, if she was aiming the gun at me, I think that I would just assume that I was going to be having a really rough rest of the day.
I’d be very confused, because she hates guns, and we don’t have any. So I’d be all “where the hell did you get that gun? 
” It probably would not dawn on me for a while that she was even pointing it at me. At that point I guess I’d turn around to see what was behind me.
So…I’m wondering if this was before the insurance policy was signed…not saying anything, you know…just askin’…
It’s eerie. This is so accurate it’s almost as if you were writing about me.
You’re so vain, you probably think I’m aiming this gun at you?
I voted other. I’d probably duck for cover while checking to see what he’s aiming at.
As it happens, I HAVE pulled a gun on him. He had been out of town, and I was taking a nap. I woke to the sound of male voices. I grabbed my handgun, and emerged from my room with it in my hand. It turns out that Bill had come home early, and was talking on the speakerphone quite loudly, as was his nephew. I thought I had a couple of intruders in the house.
Just in case anyone was wondering, he didn’t enjoy the sight of me bursting out of my room waving a 9 mm.
I can only think of this question metaphorically. My wife would never touch a gun. She’s not exactly afraid of guns - her family are all hunters; she’s just never had a desire to have anything to do with a gun, even in situations when many other people would think using a gun is a valid option.
Thinking of the question metaphorically, though, opens up many possibilities that I think the OP has likely never considered. What if your SO suddenly and without any reason you can fathom, chose to do you the worst harm you can imagine? I don’t mean something like an affair - yeah, that would suck, but we’ve all been in a position to at least consider such a thing abstractly (if for no other reason than reading the occasional IMHO or MPSIMS topic that relates). I mean, what if he or she did the unthinkable?
What if he/she gave a false report to the police - of the kind that gets people shot rather than simply arrested? What if he/she hired a mafia hitman? What if he/she told some religious fanatics that you made some nasty cartoons of their prophet? What if he/she orchestrated a situation such that you were suddenly experiencing the worst possible sequence of events in your life, bringing to life your worst possible fears and exploiting your most personal weaknesses?
What if he/she simply agreed with your mother, or your mother-in-law?
My wife with an actual gun: that’s easy. I can physically overpower her and disarm her - even if she catches me while I’m asleep. Our relative abilities and hand-eye coordination mean that I’m in absolutely zero danger from her holding a firearm regardless of the situation. But a true surprise attack from a quarter I’m not expecting? Her word against mine, in a situation where she’s got all the societal advantages (presumed the victim, presumed the truth-teller, presumed the "nice, sweet girl)? I’m fucked.
My wife is my rock, my world, my reason for living. If someone, somehow, got into her head and turned her against me, I’d suddenly be without any resources, without any allies or alibis, and without any reason to fight for my life.
What would I do? Heh. I know. I’d waste every resource, every ounce of energy, every little bit of who I am and what I can do to try to convince her to be the person I know she can be. I’d be willing to lose everything to be with her again, simply because I’d know that the reasons she used to get to where she is now are wrong. And, eventually, I’d win. Even if it turns out to be a Pyrrhic victory. Anything else would be unacceptable.
What would you do?
Other: Welcome the sweet release from life.
Why wasn’t, “Begin blubbering about how she doesn’t mean anything, you’re the one I love” an option?
See Other:
Perhaps I could have better contextualized the 4 first choices. Something like:
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“I trust her implicitly so she must be taking down a threat behind me”
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“This does not compute”
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“She found out!”
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“She found out that I found out!”
Huh. In this scenario I would assume that she’d finally gotten completely fed up with our Labrador’s retriever’s stinky anal glands and decided to shoot the beast.
I’d be a bit peeved at being in the line of fire though.
And I hope this kind of thing doesn’t occur on a regular basis in the Mercotan household.
Freeze or duck, depending on what he told me to do. I would generally assume that there is someone or something behind me.
Yo! Yeah, you. The happy-go-lucky dude.
Chill.
I’m the one who carries a gun in our relationship, but I’m also the one who has dragged him to many self defense classes. My SO wouldn’t try to shoot through me to kill the zombies, so I’d just assume that he was trying to shoot over me and would hit the ground and try to crawl out of the way. He’s not the best shot in the world.
I’d be totally dumbfounded, since neither of us has had any interest in guns. Nor has there ever been a reason for either of us to use one on the other. I’d ask him if it were real, and where in hell he found it . . . and why is he pointing it at me? If in fact the gun were real, and he were actually intending to harm me, I’d think he’d be experiencing some kind of mental breakdown, and try to get the gun away from him and get help.