No option to “fire the claymore” or “toss the grenade?”
I know self-defense, and would immediately grab for his hand in a way that would deflect the shot.
It would be like the scene in the Watchmen movie where the guy tries to assassinate Ozymandias.
Only more extreme and more awesome.
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Kiss my ass goodbye, because I’m married to a redhead. And I know what she’s packing and what kind of round is in the chamber, ‘cuz I GAVE it to her. :smack:
I voted drop to give her a clear shot at what’s behind me. But…
Has anyone read Vertical Run? It’s a fascinating story about a man who faces a similar situation. For reasons unknown, all the people he trusts in his life suddenly begin trying to kill him. He’s ex-special-something in the military (green berets, I think?) and is able to continually evade them while he desperately tries to find out why.
One of the best mystery stories I’ve read in a while. Just came in here to stay that.
I would immediately rush toward him, then hide behind him. I know he’s not going to shoot me, there must be something attacking us.
Plus we don’t have any guns, so, at some point I’m going to say, “Dude! Where’d ya get a gun?”
He’s neither the type of man to wield a gun, nor point it without good cause. If this man is pointing a gun at something you can bank on there being a clear and present threat!
I’d say, “If you’d killed me the first time you did that, you’d be out of jail already.”
Dive for cover.
If this hypothetical SO weren’t aiming at me, this would be followed up by a rather panicked reminder of the ‘don’t point a gun at (or in the general vicinity of) something you don’t intend to shoot, even if they’re standing in front of something you do’ principle, and probably working out some sort of signal so if this happens again, I can get out of their general line of fire without requiring a change of underpants next time.
OK, just read the prologue. Good so far! (Love my kindle)
If she’s not yelling “Duck”, I’m assuming she’s shooting me.
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I voted other.
I’d say, "Have the memorial at Seven Mile Creek and play “Don’t Forget Me” by Neko Case. The piano version, please.
I had a friend who this happened to before I knew her. Her husband was physically abusive. One day while she was showering he pulled back the shower curtain and held a gun to her head.
She says she looked him straight in the eye and said, “Go ahead and do it.” That day she began divorce proceedings.
Honestly, it would be a turn on. Chicks with guns are hot.
Shesh, I hate it when that happens!
Seriously though, my interest, it is piqued, can you put it in a spoiler box why everyone is trying to kill him? Thanks!
First time using spoiler box(es). Here goes…
As I remember it (old guy memory here, so grain of salt and all): Near the beginning of the book, he visits a lab as part of his job evaluating a company they might acquire. A lab chimp escapes and bites him. It’s not a bad bite, barely breaks the skin, but unknown to him, the critter makes him into typhoid Mary with some hideous virus. All his friends attempt to help bring him down, convinced he’ll die anyway and trying to avoid infecting the world at large. He spends the majority of the book hiding, running, climbing etc. in the office high rise (with no idea why his friends/wife/etc have turned on him). Hence the name.
OK, thanks, I’m sure there were easier solutions to the problem than that though!
I don’t see anything in the poll, the OP, or the OP’s subsequent posts in this thread that makes it clear whether the spousal unit appears to be getting ready to use the gun for the purposes for which it was designed.
What I’m picturing is my wife holding the gun kinda semi-limply without any such intent, but that the barrel more or less happens to be pointing in my direction, rather than her actually drawing a bead and aiming in my direction.
I’d be going, “Where on earth did you get that gun?” and “By the way, could you please point it in some other direction, or just set it down?”
Definitely would duck out of the way. Probably would get pissed off, because he has a BB gun and knows I get pissed when any gun is aimed in my general direction. If the gun followed me, I would move toward him in an effort to kick his ass (and get shot, if that was his intention).
reflex action for me.
shoot the biatch.
I would ignore it and continue with whatever I was doing. I’m pretty sure no one will ever shoot me, and if I’m wrong, maybe I will die quickly and be spared a future unpleasant cancer-type death. No need to take any action.