Granny Got a Gun

An 87 year old is being charged with unlawful possession of a handgun after trying to enter a courthouse with it in Newark, NJ. It sounds like it was an honest mistake that she accidentally had the gun on her as it was in its original packaging and she does have a permit for owning the gun but not for carrying it in public. As opposed to many gun owners, she seems to have a legitimate self defense need for the gun as her home has been broken into 3 times within the past year but might she be better off calling ADT instead? One of my grandmothers is around that age and while she's more capable than most, a handgun is probably not the best thing for her to keep around the house as she often mistakes me for a hoodlum.