He's a psychopath and the OP is in serious danger. I hope she listened to the commentators, especially the lady who went through something similar.

Of course he's a cop.

Damn! WTH? Even my heart dropped, upon reading the title. Who does that to their pregnant wife? Or, anyone, for that matter? It's never a joke to point a gun at anybody. I agree with the commenters, he did not turn into a psycho, he revealed that he is one. OP needs to report him and she needs to find a safe place. I wish OP all the best and hope she's able to run away safely from that psycho.

Isn't there some issue with Reddit where if you publish a post on another website that they close the post on Reddit? This was posted only one day ago and I'd think it would be in OP's best interest not to have the post removed. She needs access to the commenters' advice. I wish BP would wait to post these. They're not some interesting fiction; it's real people's lives.

The only "weapon" that is ok to point at anyone is a neon-bright pink watergun filled with tap/pool water, and even this is not true in every occassion. Everything else that REMOTELY looks like a real firearm shall never be used without everybody knowing that it is a toy.

Christt on a crutch, cracker and a crusade!!! RUN!!! I had to ride with my husband to restart our well and that meant bouncing around on a atv in the dark past his mother's chicken coop. I wanted to see the chickens and accidentally pointed my 9m at them instead of the spotlight I had in my other hand. If not for the safety I could of shot at the chickens! I had a total guilt laden panic attack. And those were chickens I didn't even know, let alone my loving wife and unborn baby ffs.

Oh no, honey, please, please get away from this man. My very uneducated, backwoods (but wise) grandfather said to never point a gun, loaded or unloaded, not even a toy gun, at something you don't intend to kill. Your husband is a trained law enforcement professional. He was trying out how it felt to point at gun at you and your unborn child. He wanted to see how you would react. He knew exactly what he was doing. It wasn't a joke. Nobody's laughing.

Holy hell, I hope she left him by now and is safe

So.. an American cop.

Doesn't need to be a psychopath, but it sounds psychological. Could be anything from unrecognized PTSD to a passing TIA. (Miniature stroke that passed without causing lasting damage.) Anyway, as some commenters suggested, she should report it to his department. They should know something is going on. And he should be willing to go to a doctor or therapist, to make sure there are no underlying psychological or cerebral issues. Anyway, she would do good to create distance from him, even only until things are sorted out.

He didn't "turn into" a psychopath, his mask slipped. "so out of character" is really just the end of the love-bombing. She's married, she'd pregnant, she's past the easy-access-to-abortion point, and she's trapped. It starts with a test - can he terrify and threaten her and then convince her (or outsiders) that it's a joke or an accident? If she leaves, he will play the remorseful, didn't mean it, she's over-reacting husband and escape other consequences. If she stays, he's chipped away at her sense of self, her boundries, and her understanding of normality, and he can errode her confidance a little more, and make it harder for her to leave. She needs to leave. Right away. Tell her family. Tell his family, report him to his work, and the internal affairs department. Unless you actually are a psychopath "He theatened me with a gun." is not a joke, it's a death-threat. Either way, run fast, run far.

My husband and I live in an open-carry Midwest state and are legal gun owners. The FIRST rule that you learn with gun ownership is that you NEVER point the gun at anything you do not intend to shoot, even if you KNOW it is unloaded and the safety is on. And you sure as hell NEVER point it at a person. Run, OP. What your husband did was not a joke and should not be taken lightly.

Another bastard cop...What a surprise...Point a gun at his head and see how he reacts. Run fast, run far and never return.

First read this over a month ago, wish she could leave an update.

no

you might wanna leave and get im arrested.

This was no joke. Run like the wind and figure it out later.

I would call the police.

I hope she got/ get out and never has to worry about that psychoshit anymore

Ptsd???

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He is an idiot and she is full of hormones, not a great time to listen to the people on the internet.