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And I think it's too important and it's too devastating for those involved to jump to conclusions, but that there should be serious and considered conversation about how one could possibly do anything and everything possible one could to avoid the repeat of such a heinous and tragic situation. That's important, but it's not the matter of an instant reaction, I think.\"\u003cbr/\u003eActor Hugh Bonneville, an Emmy nominee for the second series of \"Downton Abbey\" and in town to generate press the third installment, noted, \"We have gun crime in Britain. But we don't have access to guns in the same way that you do here. I'm not from this country. I'm not going to be drawn into the debate. But I think if you don't have access to a gun, you can't shoot people. That's all I'll say.\"\u003cbr/\u003eDocumentarian Ken Burns, in Beverly Hills unveiling his latest film, \"The Dust Bowl,\" commented, \"No one wants to take away anybody's guns. But you don't need to have a machine gun and a shotgun and two Glocks if you're clearly a troubled kid who has booby-trapped your apartment with things and you end up with the greatest mass shooting in American history -- in the same town, just around the corner from Columbine (site of the 1999 high-school shootings, which took 13 lives and injured 24), the same metropolitan area where those horrible events happened. It's just heartbreaking. There's no other word for it. What do you do?\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well it's happened before, hasn't it?\" asked house-and-home expert Martha Stewart, at TCAs to introduce her new series, \"Martha Stewart's Cooking School, who continued, \"And I totally agree with (New York City) mayor (Michael) Bloomberg about it. Bloomberg is my friend, and I totally support what he is saying: that we have two men running for president, neither of them who has said anything about gun control. And it's very necessary in this world, where things are accessible -- bad things are accessible -- to put some curbs on that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eComic, activist and former presidential candidate Dick Gregory, who appears in the documentary \"Soul Food Junkie,\" commented, \"He (alleged Colorado movie-theatre shooter James Holmes, 24) comes in and goes (makes automatic machine-gun noises) -- shooting up everything, right? He goes out in the parking lot, and something don't fit. He gave up without a fight. That's not the mind that's just finished what they told us. Huh? He gave up without a fight? You're going to kill all those people, and you're not going to shoot it out? And then you're going to tell the cops, 'Don't go in my house because it's been booby-trapped.' Something ain't right with that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eBeverly Hills, California, 21 July 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide exterior Beverly Hilton hotel\u003cbr/\u003e2. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh poses for photographer \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Branagh/Actor-Director, on the movie-theatre shootings Friday (20 July 2012) in Colorado:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that it is inevitable and it's necessary that after such tragic events that a debate is inevitably brought up on all elements of it, whether it's gun control or influences or the background of those involved or the specific circumstances. And I think it's too important and it's too devastating for those involved to jump to conclusions, but that there should be serious and considered conversation about how one could possibly do anything and everything possible one could to avoid the repeat of such a heinous and tragic situation. That's important, but it's not the matter of an instant reaction, I think.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Actor Hugh Bonneville poses for photographer \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Bonneville, Actor-Emmy Nominee, \"Downton Abbey,\" on the movie-theatre shootings Friday (20 July 2012) in Colorado:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have gun crime in Britain. But we don't have access to guns in the same way that you do here. I'm not from this country. I'm not going to be drawn into the debate. But I think if you don't have access to a gun, you can't shoot people. That's all I'll say.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Documentarian Ken Burns poses for photographer\u003cbr/\u003e++NOTE: Start of audio for shot seven begins under shot six, to cover person who inadvertently walked behind Burns during start of interview bite.\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ken Burns/Documentarian, on the movie-theatre shootings Friday (20 July 2012) in Colorado:\u003cbr/\u003e\"No one wants to take away anybody's guns. But you don't need to have a machine gun and a shotgun and two Glocks if you're clearly a troubled kid who has booby-trapped your apartment with things and you end up with the greatest mass shooting in American history -- in the same town, just around the corner from Columbine (site of the 1999 high-school shootings, which took 13 lives and injured 24), the same metropolitan area where those horrible events happened. It's just heartbreaking. There's no other word for it. What do you do?\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. House-and-home expert Martha Stewart poses for photographer \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Stewart/House and Home Expert, on the movie-theatre shootings Friday (20 July 2012) in Colorado:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well it's happened before, hasn't it? And I totally agree with (New York City) mayor (Michael) Bloomberg about it. Bloomberg is my friend, and I totally support what he is saying: that we have two men running for president, neither of them who has said anything about gun control. And it's very necessary in this world, where things are accessible -- bad things are accessible -- to put some curbs on that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Comedian-activist Dick Gregory poses for photographer \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dick Gregory/Comedian-Activist, on the movie-theatre shootings Friday (20 July 2012) in Colorado:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He (alleged Colorado movie-theatre shooter James Holmes, 24) comes in and goes (makes automatic machine-gun noises) -- shooting up everything, right? He goes out in the parking lot, and something don't fit. He gave up without a fight. That's not the mind that's just finished what they told us. Huh? He gave up without a fight? You're going to kill all those people, and you're not going to shoot it out? And then you're going to tell the cops, 'Don't go in my house because it's been booby-trapped.' Something ain't right with that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. 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