Actress Anne Hathaway arrives for the European premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises," in London's Leicester Square on July 18, 2012.
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(CBS News) "The Dark Knight Rises" star Anne Hathaway released a statement Sunday in regard to the shootings in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead and 58 injured.
The brief statement from Hathaway, who plays Catwoman in the film, reads in full:
My heart aches and breaks for the lives taken and altered by this unfathomably senseless act. I am at a loss for words how to express my sorrow. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
Hathaway's co-star Christian Bale released a statement on Saturday, saying, "Words cannot express the horror that I feel. I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them."
Warner Bros. said Saturday they will not be reporting box offices numbers for the first weekend of the screenings of "The Dark Knight Rises."
"Out of respect for the victims and their families, Warner Bros. Pictures will not be reporting box office numbers for 'The Dark Knight Rises' throughout the weekend. Box office numbers will be released on Monday," the company said in a statement.
On Friday, Christopher Nolan, the director of "The Dark Knight Rises" released a statement saying that he was devastated someone opened fire during a screening of his movie early Friday morning.
Nolan, who also directed two other movies in the "Dark Knight" trilogy, said he would like to express "profound sorrow" on behalf of the cast and crew about "the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community."
Director Christopher Nolan arrives before the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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"I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime," Nolan said.
"The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me."
Gary Oldman, who stars in the film, also said his "prayers and deepest sympathies are with the victims of this horrific act, and their families," according to Digital Spy.
Warner Bros., the studio that produced the film, also said it is "deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident."
"We extend our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims at this tragic time," the statement said.
The gunman, who is in custody, has been identified as 24-year-old James Holmes. The attack happened at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., a suburb of Denver, during a midnight screening of the highly anticipated Batman film.
Warner Bros. has canceled a Paris premiere of the film that was scheduled to take place Friday night, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and has also canceled all French press interviews with director Christopher Nolan and the film's cast.
Chris Dodd, chairman of CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, joined the movie studio in expressing sympathy on Friday.
"We share the shock and sadness of everyone in the motion picture community at the news of this terrible event," he said in a statement. "We extend our prayers and deepest sympathies to the victims, their loved ones and all those affected by this tragedy."
NO ONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO BAN GUNS. It is in our constitution for eternity. It is the reason we are a free democracy. Remember Tiananmen Square, democracy failed there because the citizens could not stand up to the governments' army. However, Libya, and the other Arab spring democratic uprising succeeded because the citizens were able to defeat the governments' army and establish democracy. Now we come to Syria. They have yet to establish democracy there because the citizens don't have the firepower to overthrow the tyrannical dictator. Plans are in the works to get weapons to those citizens as we sit here now. So plying your anti-gun philosophy is truly counter productive if you actually look at it. Try coming up with solutions to the specific problems, like mental health issues and those related regulations which prevent the disabling of individuals who should not have weapons due tp mental instability from obtaining weapons.
There are 800,000 (Federal, state, county, and city) licensed peace officers in America and approximately 3 million military personnel (1,477,896 active duty military personnel and 1,458,500 reserve military personnel). And there are approximately 235 million privately owned firearms held by approximately 55 million households with over 7 million CCW permits.
Almost half of America's 112,611,029 Households own firearms.
7,225,800 adults were under correctional supervision (probation, parole, jail, or prison) in 2009.[3][4]
Who would you rather have the guns legal law abiding citizens or the criminals.
So consider what the outcomes would be if businesses were not allowed to deny those citizens who qualify for CCW permits their right to carry. We have only 800,000 law enforcement officers in our entire country who work tirelessly 24/7. Why deny them the assistance of 7,000,000 qualified assistants in a country with about 200,000,000 adults over 21 (another 18,000,000 between 18 and 21). Sounds like you could use a little help there.
Almost half of America's 112,611,029 Households own firearms.
And since el kiddo who started firing had no criminal record, those 112,611,029 Households could all potentially become just as criminal. Nobody had info or knowledge on el kiddo, so why would they for any other family?
I love how you don't want to deny them "qualified assistants" but your party (I am implying you are Republican) wants to tear away the Police Officers income by not letting any taxes increase or to even stay as they are. While that is not the point you are trying to make nor is it even on topic.. I do find it interesting.
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(CBS News) "The Dark Knight Rises" star Anne Hathaway released a statement Sunday in regard to the shootings in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead and 58 injured.
Get over these rediculous action stories and get on with life people.
Almost half of America's 112,611,029 Households own firearms.
7,225,800 adults were under correctional supervision (probation, parole, jail, or prison) in 2009.[3][4]
Who would you rather have the guns legal law abiding citizens or the criminals.
So consider what the outcomes would be if businesses were not allowed to deny those citizens who qualify for CCW permits their right to carry. We have only 800,000 law enforcement officers in our entire country who work tirelessly 24/7. Why deny them the assistance of 7,000,000 qualified assistants in a country with about 200,000,000 adults over 21 (another 18,000,000 between 18 and 21). Sounds like you could use a little help there.
And since el kiddo who started firing had no criminal record, those 112,611,029 Households could all potentially become just as criminal. Nobody had info or knowledge on el kiddo, so why would they for any other family?