Atlantic City, NJ police stop a potential razor blade suicide

Earlier this month Atlantic City police officers were called to a scene on Missouri Avenue. A man was holding a razor blade to his neck threatening to hurt himself. The guy was clearly distressed and the situation could have escalated in a very bad way very quickly.

Enter Sergeant Daniel Arra. He is a member of the Police Department's "Crisis Negotiation Team". Sgt. Arra got right into it, establishing a dialogue in his attempt to calm everything down. The distraught man did not respond and instead started yelling for the cops to shoot him as he charged at them still with the razor blade in hand.

The good news is that as the man focused on Sgt. Arra, Officer Louis Scarlata was able to deploy his Taser to bring the man down and disarm him. Because of the swift and smart action from these officers, a potentially deadly situation was brought to a positive conclusion.

Thank you to Sgt. Arra and Officer Scarlata for stepping up to represent the best that our New Jersey Law Enforcement heroes have to offer. There were a few ways that this situation could have ended and thanks to these dedicated and trained officers, one man will get a second chance.

Places in NJ where gun owners have sued to carry a legal gun

New Jersey passed its own law in December, trying to ban legal guns from “sensitive places.”

A federal judge found many of those spots to be legally protected on grounds of armed self-defense, noting in her opinion, “Crowded locations are not sensitive places."

As of June, a federal appeals court granted the state attorney general's request to keep part of the law that bars people from carrying handguns in “sensitive places” in effect.

The decision means handguns cannot be carried in places such as zoos, public parks, public libraries and museums, bars, and health care facilities.

The law bars handguns from being carried in those places as well as schools and child care facilities. The lower court's May injunction did not specify those locations, and the appeals court also didn't remove the prohibition in those places.

Gallery Credit: Erin Vogt & The Associated Press

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