Editing Bowling for Columbine (section)

===Weapons of mass destruction===
Early in the film, Moore links the violent behavior of the Columbine shooters to the presence of a large defense establishment manufacturing rocket technology in [[Littleton, Colorado|Littleton]]. It is implied that the presence of this facility within the community, and the acceptance of [[structural violence|institutionalized violence]] as a solution to conflict, contributed to the mindset that led to the massacre.

Moore conducts an interview with Evan McCollum, Director of Communications at a [[Lockheed Martin]] plant near Columbine, and asks him:

{{blockquote|So you don't think our kids say to themselves, 'Dad goes off to the factory every day, he builds missiles of [[weapon of mass destruction|mass destruction]].' What's the difference between that mass destruction and the mass destruction over at Columbine High School?}}

McCollum responds:

{{blockquote|I guess I don't see that specific connection because the missiles that you're talking about were built and designed to defend us from somebody else who would be aggressors against us.}}

After the release of the film, McCollum clarified that the plant no longer produces missiles (the plant manufactured parts for [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s with a [[Nuclear weapons of the United States|nuclear warhead]] in the mid-1980s), but rockets used for launching [[satellite]]s:

{{blockquote|I provided specific information to Moore about the space launch vehicles we build to launch spacecraft for [[NASA]], [[NOAA]], the [[United States Department of Defense|Dept. of Defense]] and commercial customers, including [[DirecTV]] and [[EchoStar]].<ref name="möller">Möller, Erik. [http://www.kuro5hin.org/print/2003/8/12/171427/607 A defense of Michael Moore and "Bowling for Columbine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904124927/http://www.kuro5hin.org/print/2003/8/12/171427/607 |date=2015-09-04 }} kuro5hin.org August 13, 2003.</ref>}}