You don;t just get emancipated from one parent. You have to be fully financially self sufficient to be emancipated. It's not just for people who want to live with the other parent.
So no, you won't be emancipated.
If its concealed it would be illegal, but you should be allowed to open carry it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.