has many answers, but it may simply be impossible to replicate the groundswell of optimistic emotion that brought young voters to the polls for the first black president. However, a compelling alternative to campaigns built solely on hope or love emerges when the finer details of midcentury activism are considered. Thursday’s small remembrance gathering was focused on “the emotional or personal aspect of the issue of gun violence,” Michael Solomon, a 16-year-old from Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, who cofounded of MoCo Students for Gun Control, toldTeen Vogue. As Jacobs knows firsthand, heeding such simple advice about a seemingly trivial matter can prevent unexpected disaster — and inspire others to do the same. a 17-year-old student brought in his father’s gun into Great Mills High School in Maryland and shot two classmates, including 16-year-old Jaelynn Willey, whoauthorities believed