How would they know she had any guns unless she told them about it? Or why would they care? Or even suspect that a random South Jersey Orthodox Jewish housewife had a couple of guns?
This is New Jersey, which has the lowest prevalence of legal gun ownership of any state except for Hawaii. Firearm registration is not required in the state -- notwithstanding the pile of other draconian NJ gun laws.
I trust politicians and gov't officials about as much as I trust any pathological liars, but I doubt they went to her house to confiscate her guns just because she read the Constitution.
Sooth, not to big a stretch to assume that one well versed in the constitution would also be well versed in the bill of rights. And as such, would be a safe assumption that said person would be apt to enjoy their 2nd amendment right. Besides, the quickest and most likely way to get someone “detained” is to claim they made a threat involving a firearm. Probably in the liberal elected/un-elected official handbook when someone of that ilk assumes office.
Gun registration. I think you have to file paperwork with the local government in NJ like in NY, IL, and MA to purchase a handgun, but not completely sure about this.
The permit to purchase requirement has the same net effect as registration; it gives them a heads up as to who might have firearms. And carry permits among the unconnected are as rare as hen's teeth.
How did they know she had guns? According to this other source, http://www.examiner.com/article/n-j-mother-arrested-guns-confiscated-by-attending-property-tax-dispute-forum , they ran a background check. They didn’t know she had any guns until then.
Oh, and they didn’t go to her house to confiscate here guns. They went there to intimidate her and shut her up. When that didn’t work, they brought her in for questioning. When that didn’t work, they arrested her, charging her with the crime of arguing with government officials. When that didn’t work, they ran a background check and used what they found against her. They confiscated her firearms. She still hasn’t shut up. I wonder how far they will go.