US News Metro Long Island Politics

Sports NFL MLB Olympics NBA NHL College Football College Basketball WNBA

Entertainment TV Movies Music Celebrities Awards Theater

Lifestyle Weird But True Sex & Relationships Viral Trends Human Interest Parenting Fashion & Beauty Food & Drink Travel

Health Wellness Fitness Health Care Medicine Men’s Health Women’s Health Mental Health Nutrition

Science Space Environment Wildlife Archaeology

Today’s Paper Covers Columnists Horoscopes Crosswords & Games Sports Odds Podcasts Careers

Email Newsletters Official Store Home Delivery Tips

Switch between CA and NY editions here.

Raise the Age claims another victim, shot dead on a Bronx bus

See more of our coverage in your search results.

New York’s perverse 2018 “Raise the Age” law empowered teens to carry guns and behave like thugs, safe in the knowledge that the courts would treat even vicious criminals as wayward children.

That culture of impunity surely shaped the thinking of the 15-year-old suspect in Monday’s midafternoon murder on a Bronx bus.

Why not carry a loaded gun on the bus, after all, when the worst that can happen is a brief visit to Family Court, on the vanishingly slim chance that you get stopped-and-frisked by a cop?

Normally, a dad of seven riding to pick up his little girl from school should be able to tell a noisy teen to pipe down without getting shot and........

© New York Post