A car followed me home

I wish you only the best and happiness and thank you for what you do in fighting fires
You would have made a great firefighter in one of the worlds biggest and best cities, which has the best and bravest firefighters. NYFD.
We dont brainwash children that go to public school here, in spite of anything you've been told
I dont know what a "ghost " gun is, or what the "suppressor game" means.
Trust me when I tell you 15 years away from retirement may seem like a long time but it goes really fast
I have heard CA. can be expensive and I can sympathise as its expensive here in the city surrounding areas. I hope it all works out well

Ghost Gun = a firearm that a citizen manufactures on their own. Typically you don't have to register a firearm if you are the manufacturer. California and some other states have made unconstitutional laws to the contrary though.
The "suppressor game" comment was in reference to being able to buy a suppressor for a firearm. They are wonderful tools and I used them when I was in the military. Once you shoot with them you never want to shoot without them. Contrary to what some believe, they are not "silencers". You can still here them and owning one doesn't automatically turn you into a hitman or a sniper.

I have enormous respect for NYFD and OKCFD. When I was 14, growing up just outside of Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols blew up the Federal building in OKC. I heard the boom. I watched the news for the next couple of days showing OKCFD digging through the rubble rescuing survivors.

Same with the event's on September 11, 2001. I watched the second tower get hit while watching the news. Watched the firefighters die in the collapsing buildings. As soon as I could get into a military uniform, I did. I had to wait until 2002 to ship to boot camp.

Growing up my neighbor was an OKC Firefighter. My aunt was the chief of our local volunteer department. I wanted to be a firefighter since I was a little guy but the terrorist attacks sidelined that for a few years. I spent 9 years in the US Navy serving with the Seabees and three different Naval Special Warfare commands.

I know 15 years is a drop in the bucket. I have a 16 year old daughter, LOL. Believe me, I know how fast 15 years can go. I have raised her right and she is smart, kind, obedient .... but, damn I wish I had a time machine and could hold her as a baby some more.