New data from the National Center for Education Statistics reveal that an overwhelming majority of schools have extensive security measures in place. For example, at schools with a full- or part-time SLEO or SRO, 92% of them routinely carry a firearm.

The student had taken the gun from his residence and put it in his backpack before bringing it to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said Monday. Drew said the 9mm handgun had been legally purchased by the student's mother in York County.

“I recognize that being transgender is natural and is not a choice,” U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Goodwin wrote in his decision. “But one’s sex is also natural, and it dictates physical characteristics that are relevant to athletics.”