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Russ wrote on Aug 16, 2009 7:40 PM:

" Sorry Fuzzy- You are DEAD wrong on this one. Just because you unarm the law abiding citizen does not mean you unarm the criminal. Time for a reality check. Nobody gets mine! "




Gun Control wrote on Aug 15, 2009 8:01 AM:

" It is simple, unarmed citizens are sitting ducks. I would rather see criminal control than gun control. "




No way fuzzy wazzy head wrote on Aug 13, 2009 3:11 PM:

" I'm keepin my guns... This is one thing that I refuse to give up. For those of us that need to protect ourselves from the thugs that keep causing problems. "




FuzzyHead wrote on Aug 13, 2009 6:48 AM:

" To stop gun violence, get rid of the guns! This seems pretty simple, so I'll explain it.
NO GUNS=NO GUN VIOLENCE!
Ever here of a drive by knifing? "




sorry state of affairs wrote on Aug 11, 2009 4:18 PM:

" I am saddenned to see what was once a peaceful and friendly community brought down to this level. Instead of arguing about who to blame we should all be trying to solve the problem...starting with ourselves, our families, our attitudes, our beliefs, our influence on others. "




to yall wrote on Aug 11, 2009 10:29 AM:

" drug deals went bad? I had no idea they went good explain please "




Wait...ya them no wait wrote on Aug 10, 2009 11:43 AM:

" yes lets blame rad, wait no mexicans and blacks...wait no chevy, it was a drive by....wait blame smith and wesson. Ya thats it, wait maybe the doctors ya and the goverment. Nope not them, I got it the city for making the roads to the house and maybe the house builder. Get the picture people? "




Open Your Eyes Citizens wrote on Aug 10, 2009 8:13 AM:

" Absolutely Drug Related. No question about it. Yes, there is gang activity in this valley and those that do not believe that better open their eyes. There is a tremendous amount of drug activity in this community & resources are limited to deal with it. Who's front porch will be hit next? Neighbors need to watch out for each other. We all know which neighbors have drug activity and yet we continue, as their neighbors, just to let it go on because we don't want to be tattle tells. Something really bad has to happen to wake every1 up. "




lookin for an excuse wrote on Aug 9, 2009 11:33 PM:

" lets blame rap music violence and mcdonalds for making people fat last time i checked we all had our free will and made our own decisions and as far as having "our daughters shaking there -s- and our boys calling themselves gangsta all that starts at home we as parents pay for our kids clothes, internet, and tv access if u dont want them to listen to rap music then do something to stop be a REAL parent and put your foot down dont try to blame someone else for your lack of parenting skills "




coolwell wrote on Aug 8, 2009 12:10 PM:

" name me a country that doesnt have rap ethiopia maybe russia does argentina does germany does poland does sweden does and they all have stereos we are in the tecnological age aboriginies have freakin cellphones. Now name me a country that has survived long after our state of moral decay not the Roman empire Sodom and Gamora (how ever u spell it) pompeii got toasted so my question is do u beleive in God or eternal DEATH the average democracy lasts two-hundred years about till they lose spirituality and go to temporal (oh? temporal what does temporal mean?)values/stinkaboutitjunior "




Hmmm wrote on Aug 8, 2009 2:47 AM:

" Sorry people but I gotta agree with common sense on this one. Despite his ignorant racist comments . . . He made some very strong points. Rap culture is a joke! Gots everybody out here acting like fools. Why is it that all of our daughters work so much on their *ss shaking skills and, can be quoted calling themselves B*tches. Why is it all of our sons are running around claiming "I'm Gangsta!" Sorta like . . . What would Jeezy do? Ha! I don't know . . . It's crazy! Individuality is almost non-existent now! "




Russ wrote on Aug 7, 2009 5:35 PM:

" Alice- It is racist at its worst. I grew up in the southside of Tucson near the Old Nogales Hwy and Valencia and there are alot of good people there. "




alice wrote on Aug 7, 2009 4:45 PM:

" why S tucson I have hard working law abiding children and grandchildren, growing up in Tucson . All of which are educated and would never dream of shooting someone. Is this what you would call racial profiling. "




lolfunny wrote on Aug 6, 2009 1:08 PM:

" its not just marajuana its oxy!! oxy is taking over this town as well as the country. wake up people. its just like heroin! someone needs to do something. our kids are dying out there! i had some close friends(i know the victim and his brother) and i know for a fact it is oxycontin related. geez wake up people! "




to real commonsense wrote on Aug 5, 2009 12:23 AM:

" "drive bys happen when pot headed morons get stoned and then say i dont give a crap about anything im high forget so so and lets go blow him away"
hahahahaha are you serious? pot headed morons get stoned then sit around and laugh at ignorant fools like you. there is no connection between marijuana and violent crimes, period, there have been studies on that exact subject. so enlighten yourself with some real knowledge before you try to spread any more of your reefer madness propaganda "commonsense" to people of higher intelligence than yourself. "




sure...... wrote on Aug 4, 2009 8:55 PM:

" hey if somebody did stop by franks make sure to stop and see "reality check" , "commonsense" and "to sure...."when your done! Birds of a mindless feather. IGNORANCE BREEDS IGNORANCE might as well put a stop to it now. "




RIZZO wrote on Aug 4, 2009 8:36 PM:

" PLEASE!! This is a neighborhood that has families and elderly. the folks that think it is appropriate to shoot at people need to move to South Tucson. TURN ANYONE IN THAT APPEARS SUSPIOUS! I'm sure drugs were involved with one or more parties. Lets clean up this place!!!!! "




dont worry bout it wrote on Aug 4, 2009 5:55 PM:

" whatever happened to frank someone finally shoot him? "




logical thinking wrote on Aug 4, 2009 4:08 PM:

" yes im back for a third one. now where was i ah yes the blame game. anyways yes i totally agree my generation needs a gut check but you can blame rap. what about in other cultures around the world that are shooting and looting there fellow country men where there arent even stereos for them to listen to anything. ITS JUST PART OF LIFE and unfortunatly it happened in this community. look man im not trying to argue with you but dam that was just an ignorant thing to say. "




logical thinking wrote on Aug 4, 2009 4:03 PM:

" yeah its me again. i listen to tons of rap. the game, 2 pac, esham, UGK, SPM, and even the insane clown posse. none of these artists have made me want to shot someone. dude there are cowboys that shoot people and they have never heard a lick of rap in their lives!! im a young man and you probably have seen me wearing my hat backwards, and i will admit that my generation has a distorted way of thinking and you can blame whoever you want from the media to the music we listen to to movies we watch "




logical thinking wrote on Aug 4, 2009 3:58 PM:

" ha ha common sense you are funny. i know you are clutching your stomach laughing at all the comotion you stirred up. if im outte the ball park and you are serious WOW you have a narrow view of things. drug use has been promoted since the hippie days, into the crazy 80's rock era, and now into yes that rap culture. violence and retaliation has been promoted since the begining of time. read books, watch movies from the 20's up to whatever came out yesterday. other than better graphics not much differance. "




Commonsense wrote on Aug 4, 2009 2:50 PM:

" well all the rap lovers are now responding. if rap is not as bad as you say and Dr. Dre would never do this then Tupac should not be dead, but he is. why you got to assume im white that is racial profiling, im really african american who likes classic music "




RE COMMONSENSE 2 wrote on Aug 4, 2009 12:05 PM:

" to COMMONSENSE:
Wasn't Al Capone doing drive-by's in the late 20's? I wonder what kind of music he was "blasting". There wasn't any "RAP CULTURE" then. So what's your excuse now... "




RE COMMONSENSE wrote on Aug 4, 2009 10:25 AM:

" Are you kidding me? Your name says COMMONSENSE, yet it sounds like you have none! I am a white women who has more mexican and black friends then white. Race is not a issue with me. I like any color of person, for the person they are. And you dont know anything about rap music. Go get a clue already! "




I Heard It All Now... wrote on Aug 4, 2009 9:42 AM:

" To COMMONSENSE:
That is the STUPIDEST comment I have ever seen posted. What do you know about the 'RAP CULTURE' & how can you blame music ... FOR A SHOOTING? I'm sure Dr. Dre & Snoop came from California in their lowriders & told the suspect to shoot up that house. Get real! "




Matt wrote on Aug 4, 2009 9:36 AM:

" Sure it's a pity..person getting shot for whatever reason..We're assuming it's drugs or a woman like one person wrote. And again by the looks of the photo in the newspaper he "camps" out front. Maybe, he gave someone the finger..? Who knows for sure at this point except the people involved.
And thanks for the laughs to the guy that wrote. Don't decriminalize pot, stop and smell the coffee. Yup..coffee is a drug too. Certain drugs are accepted as legal. "




to common sense wrote on Aug 4, 2009 9:16 AM:

" thats exactly right media has got us craving the drama and this is the result theres another addiction for you all media rap hate violence distortion drugs sex lies abuse and those who push this stuff are trying to destroy this society whether its knowingly or not thats whats happening bunch of scared little children trying to hide behind an act of frontal toughness and a gun COWARDS "




to shure wrote on Aug 4, 2009 9:12 AM:

" read your statement, first you dont want change then you do, let some one else say something until you can make up your mind however your right about one thing we dont have to do anything- except die "




real commonsense wrote on Aug 4, 2009 8:31 AM:

" WTF "blame it on the government" is stupid the gov did not put that gun in some kids hand and make him drive by and shoot someone. i almost agree with commonsense rap does suck but having a backwards hat and baggy pants and load music has nothing to do with driving by and shooting someone. drive bys happen when pot headed morons get stoned and then say i dont give a crap about anything im high forget so so and lets go blow him away. Saffordpd needs to bust out some rope and hang people. "




what common sense wrote on Aug 4, 2009 7:32 AM:

" wow common sense you must be white. how easy and ignorant it is to blame the blacks and mexicans for this. there have been drive by shootings since the car was invented. before the invention of the car it was just a walk by. when i first started reading these comments i thought "frank" was an idiot for his comment, but you take the cake!!! "




sick wrote on Aug 4, 2009 6:37 AM:

" Gold figure that someone would have to bring race in this. No it's not race at all that causes these things. The main factor is drugs! And believe me every race does them, not just mexicans and blacks. White people sag too. Grow up, this whole race thing needs to end, it's people like you that get shot up for saying things like this. LIve in the now, and leave your racial comments out of this. "




wake up wrote on Aug 4, 2009 12:14 AM:

" hope you are ok Derek and hope you have learned a lesson from this. This should be another wake up call for everyone people don't just drive by and shoot people. another Drug isssue if the people who are against drugs alcohol and violence dont come together and stand together on this it will get much worse. enough not wanting to make people mad and turning the other way "




COMMONSENSE wrote on Aug 3, 2009 11:16 PM:

" THE REASON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING IS BECAUSE OF THE 'RAP CULTURE' INFLUENCE ON OUR SOCIETY. THESE THUGS THAT CALL THEMSELVES MUSICIANS INSPIRE IGNORANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO COMMIT THESE ACTS. PLENTY OF PEOPLE SMOKED GRASS AND POPPED PILLS IN THE 60'S AND 70'S AND DIDNT FEEL THE NEED TO SHOOT UP EACH OTHERS HOUSES. THE PROBLEM IS THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCE THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MEXICANS HAVE ON OUR SOCIETY AND THESE ARE THE FRUITS OF OUR "TOLERANCE". TELL YOUR KIDS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HANG OUT WITH HAT BACKWARDS, PANTS SAGGING, MUSIC BLASTING CROWD OF MORONS!! "




sure...... wrote on Aug 3, 2009 9:24 PM:

" i stand by my comments and i do not drink or use drugs. There is need for change. Regardless of the beaver cleaver way of thinking some of you are stuck in around here the rest of the world is moving forward. I cannot change your judgemental ways of thinking but i do encourage the open minded, more intelligent individuals to step up and vote in change. "




blame doctors wrote on Aug 3, 2009 8:45 PM:

" this dont happen cause of marijuara. It is the harder drugs that make people do this thing. You need to blame the goverment for making the drug that cause these thing. Blame bad doctors for handing pills out like candy. They know how addicting pills are and they still give them out. People need to harden up and not take pills for ever little pain they have. "




To stephanie wrote on Aug 3, 2009 6:25 PM:

" stand on holy ground and your chances of getting shot at minimize seriously go play around sat night at midnight things happen from what i heard he should of expected trouble and from what i know something was bound to happen Derrick play it safe man Pride and power is for fools and scared people who worry about what others think of them "




real2all1 wrote on Aug 3, 2009 6:12 PM:

" No, No decriminalization of drugs. Sure... wrote some pretty liberal words and it's those words that give justification to the criminals and their actions. Support this or we'll do that. Liberals in all there fine thinking. It's that kind of thinking that is destroying our community. Lambs to the slaughter is what your title should be and not "sure"
wake up, smell the coffee and stand up for your community and not condem it. "




Reality Check wrote on Aug 3, 2009 3:33 PM:

" To Sure
"If this VIOLENT crime is the result of a marijuana deal gone bad this is a perfect example of why decriminalization is needed."

With that logic, because sometimes a home owner is assaulted or murdered during a home invasion, we should decriminalize tresspassing and armed robbery.

Bad people will do bad things. Decriminalize Pot and pot dealers become coke dealers. Pot smugglers become coke smugglers. "




FRIEND wrote on Aug 3, 2009 2:11 PM:

" DEREK I HOPE YOU ARE OKAY. HOW CAN ALL YOU PEOPLE JUDGE WITHOUT BEING THERE? GOOD LUCK FINDING THE SHOOTER OF THIS ONE, THEY COULDNT EVEN FIND THE SHOOTER OF THE SHERIFF OF OUR TOWN!!!!! "




Stephanie wrote on Aug 3, 2009 1:44 PM:

" Does anyone know how this young man is doing? My thoughts and prayers are with him...regardless of the circumstances of the shooting. Shame on those of you who are criticizing him and jumping to conclusions. For all you know it was a random shooting and he just so happened to be sitting on his porch at the wrong time. "




to sure.... wrote on Aug 3, 2009 12:39 PM:

" So should we just decriminalize all drug use to prevent violent crimes? You must have been high when you posted your comment. "




Local wrote on Aug 2, 2009 10:34 PM:

" The Yentsch family owns the concrete business in town. Months ago Derricks older brothers truck was stolen. Could there possibly be a angry former employee who has been victimizing this family. "




sure...... wrote on Aug 2, 2009 10:25 PM:

" If this VIOLENT crime is the result of a marijuana deal gone bad this is a perfect example of why decriminalization is needed. Time to start voting for decriminalization supporters young people. We need to start voting all of these old school politicians and lawmakers out and in with younger more educated, open minded individuals. Out with the old in with the new. "




not so sure wrote on Aug 2, 2009 8:55 PM:

" I never even thought to check public records... well that answers that. Looks like you guys are probably right. My ignorance. "




woop..... wrote on Aug 2, 2009 7:57 PM:

" Hes a good kid. ive worked with him before. i looked at his record on the court record lookup and its nothin. Wish there would be more drive bys on judgemental people like Frank down below.......Hope you recover soon Derek. "




bwana wrote on Aug 2, 2009 7:01 PM:

" Drive by shootings do not equate to marijuana use...Except that in Arizona, one must deal with criminals to get it...Thanks to the draconian and ignorant laws against it. Wise up for crying out loud. "




haha wrote on Aug 2, 2009 6:09 PM:

" you guys all watch too many movies. yes, this is drug related. yes, i do know the victim's brother who also lives in the home. no, the shooters arent "distributors" from the big cities trying to scare their customers straight, they're just local oxycontin fiends who will go to any length for a high. probably the same lowlife that brutally assaulted a friend of mine a few nights ago and stole his legally and legitimately prescribed oxycodone. editor, please dont censor, the people deserve to know. "




Frank wrote on Aug 2, 2009 4:22 PM:

" The victim has lots of criminal court records according to the public court website including numerous marijuana violations as recent as a couple of months ago. Live by the sword, die by the sword. "




Think wrote on Aug 2, 2009 12:31 PM:

" We have many drug pushers in our valley with the small town attitude they can get in serious trouble the shooter is probably not from here but is doing it to keep the clientele on track. Obviously they dont mess around. Its sad the pain and torment and waste we have to put up with because of our ignorant society "




not so sure wrote on Aug 2, 2009 8:55 AM:

" I am not so sure that it is drug related. Unless some of you know the victim and know something the press didn't say. It would be wrong to speculate. Perhaps this person had an enemy due to a woman? You never know... or do you? I hope he is ok. I don't know the victim but I hate to see this happen to anyone. "




J. Herbert wrote on Aug 2, 2009 4:10 AM:

" What you're all missing is the very-likely possibility that this incident was related to drugs. An unwarranted drive-by shooting is uncharacteristic of the local population. The only thing I can see that could have caused this would be a drug deal gone bad. "




. wrote on Aug 1, 2009 11:42 PM:

" OXYCOTEN=this "




WHY wrote on Aug 1, 2009 10:42 PM:

" THIS IS JUST SAD WE FIRST WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE DRUGS NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GUNS I DONT WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY WHEN I WANT TO GO IN TO MY YARD WHY ARE THEY PUTTING THIS TOWN IN THAT KIND OF FEAR STOP THE DRUGS &THE GUNS PLEASE IT NOT THE THING TO DO "




Safford Resident wrote on Aug 1, 2009 8:56 PM:

" This is serious stuff. I want these people caught and put away. We're not even safe in our own homes anymore. "




acquaintance wrote on Aug 1, 2009 7:59 PM:

" yes, this is most definitely drug related. lots and lots of oxycontin and marijuana are trafficked through the home in the picture. "




Edens Kiss wrote on Aug 1, 2009 1:14 PM:

" i agree with matt. i could expect to see this in the "big cities" not in our valley. these hoodlems are taking over our community people and we need to start doing something! we turn our heads away from certain things so we don't make people mad at us for being the "nosey neighbor" but maybe we need to start! who knows, it could be your house next since these people show that they don't give a darn about anything! "




Matt wrote on Aug 1, 2009 11:36 AM:

" Gang-like activity in Safford? Come on..
Using a 12 gauge shot gun? Now, that's serious; the shooter went in to do damage. You'd think this would happen in Phoenix or Tucson.
Is this going to end up being some how drug related?
All the violence..who are these half monsters-half human beings? I bet within a few months all the them in the SUV will be in the court system, then off to prison. Once you cross that line of let's shoot somebody, for whatever reason. You'll do any crime.
Hope they're caught soon! "