This article analyzes National Rifle Association past–president Charlton Heston’s 2000 speech to the British Columbia Wildlife Federation. Narrating a shared mythology, Heston mapped a bridge between the two groups by dovetailing three ideas: wilderness, freedom, and firearms – each of which ostensibly transcends national borders. By exploring how Heston engaged a foreign audience dedicated to wildlife conservation, the paper examines the capacity of sacred rhetoric to generate shared ideological ground and thereby both expand, and demarcate, a community’s contours.

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荒野、自由、枪械：第 53 纬的神圣修辞

本文分析了全国步枪协会前任主席查尔顿·赫斯顿 2000 年对不列颠哥伦比亚省野生动物联合会的演讲。赫斯顿讲述了一个共同的神话，通过将三个想法相吻合：荒野、自由和枪支——每一个都表面上超越了国界，从而在两个群体之间建立了一座桥梁。通过探索赫斯顿如何吸引致力于野生动物保护的外国观众，该论文检验了神圣修辞产生共同意识形态基础的能力，从而扩展和划分社区轮廓。