DNS said:So she took the, "I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6" route. She knew she was breaking the law. She picked what she assumed was the lesser of the evils and voluntarily confessed to the crime.
Possibly. It's also possible she is a harpy who falsely accused her husband of the vehicular assault and stole his guns because she it would make him more miserable.
Or they could both be awful people. Sometimes knowing what is really going on in a case you are involved in it isn't easy. Figuring out the true villain from newspaper accounts is nearly impossible in this sort of thing.