“We call B.S.” This was the message from Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez and many of her peers. Tragically, not a whole lot changed in the two years since it was spoken. But hope can never be abandoned. It’s an ideal that propelled a movement like March For Our Lives forward. Gonzalez and additional youth—exercising wisdom and responsibility beyond their years—advocate this day that it’s high time the U.S. government put the lives of its citizens first.

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Is it still shocking to wake up to news stories about mass shootings in the United States in the year 2020? Truthfully, there’s not a clear-cut answer to that question. If one answers yes, the response solidifies that gun-related violence is an unstoppable epidemic that forces those affected into a position of simulated helplessness, but if one answers no, this inverse reaction brings to light the desensitization ingrained in the country’s populace. You can’t win.

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