By Clint Lake

This year's Buckeye Firearms Gun Skills Challenge at the Pickaway Sportsmans Club went above and beyond all expectations!

Located halfway between Circleville and Lancaster on Rt-22, Pickaway Sportsmans Club boasts no less that five pistol bays, a large rifle range, fishing, and primitive camping for its members.

Needless to say, we were there for the pistol shooting, the great food, and fellowship with our dear BFA friends, supporters, and family!

Michael, James and crew started us out with some basic pistol handling drills then moved us up to shooting some steel targets. Everybody loved hearing those plinks! And everybody learned a lot about trigger management!

Next came lunchtime and what a lunchtime it was. Codi and Scott Strauss cooked us up some real good BBQ pulled pork, pasta/sauce, cheesy taters, and brownies.

By Jim Shepherd

[Recently], several readers asked if I hadn't "given up the fight a little early" when it came to opposition of the nomination of Cass Sunstein to the position of head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Actually, it was not premature to take the confirmation of the avowed animal rights advocate, anti-hunter and opponent to individual firearms rights as a foregone conclusion. When the hold on the nomination proposed by Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson was overridden, it meant 40 votes would have been necessary in the Senate to block the nomination. Only 35 opposition votes were there, and the remainder of the so-called supporters of hunting and outdoor issues voted in favor of Sunstein.

Effectively, once the vote was taken Wednesday night, the final approval vote, was nothing but a formality.

From my chair, the vote did accomplish one thing: it clarified the real positions of 22 of the 53 Senators who are members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus.