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Local Reporter Spotlight: Sydney Ryan

Target’s attempt to initiate a gun ban in their stories before the July 4 weekend came back to bite them when gun rights groups picked up hamburgers and buns on their way to their Fourth of July BBQs while armed.

Second Amendment defenders spoke loudest in Texas and KJTV’s Sydney Ryan was on call to put a microphone in front of them.

Three things matter most to Sydney: 1) gun rights, 2) America, and 3) journalism. Check two out of the three and Sydney will be there, and for that, she's in this week's local reporter spotlight.

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Sydney is an avid gun enthusiast, which is likely a requirement to work in Lubbock, Tx. Lubbock's local university, Texas Tech, is best known for its "Guns Up!" cheer.

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Watch your finger there, Sydney. You don't want to end up as a subject for your story.

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She's just as handy with a bat as she is with the steel.

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She loves her finger guns ... 

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... and Old Glory.

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Before Sydney moved to Texas, she reported from D.C. as a part of her journalism program at Arizona State University. 

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D.C. doesn't take too kindly to the Second Amendment. They'd have to take your guns from your cold, dead hands.

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Texas should be happy to have you.