The ginormous “NRA Carry Guard” sign draped down the front entrance of the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
The NRA Carry Guard Expo — a convention that centers the gun lobby’s self-defense insurance — pulled in vendors of all sorts at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee on Friday. Exhibitors included gun makers, training companies and lots and lots of concealed carry gear makers.
An innocuous looking man passing a sign inviting people as they enter the expo. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
A completely calm NRA-TV host Grant Stinchfield reading from a teleprompter before a live audience standing in the background. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Gina Kraft, of Personal Security Products, shows off the Globe Gun, a covert gun case. They also had secret books and clocks. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Two men totally engaged in discussing new guns on display at the Springfield Armory booth. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Legal Lace owner Tessa Renaud assists a patron with an conceal carry under garment under the watchful eyes of her male counterpart. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Two men who are quite possibly relatives (they seem to have the same eyebrows) shoot at one of the many simulators on the show floor. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Dawn Hillyer, president of Hiding Hilda, is so proud of her concealed carry purse company she got the name tattooed on her forearm. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Glock’s Warren Ackerson, left, and Woody Burton happily pose behind their favorite pistols. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Brad Bruce, president of Challenge Targets, shows of his new iteration of reactive targets, a double-plated metal target fixed together with springs. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
The bros at Kahr Arm sat behind their tall booth at the NRA Carry Guard Expo. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Professional model Kyrian Poole poses for Palmetto Armory at the NRA Carry Guard Expo. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
At least one person was left-handed at the expo. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Pulling out all the gear with MGS Firearms. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Cyndee Harding, owner and designer of Cyndee’s Conceal Carry, highlights her bags and lacy motif. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Training courses? Custom firearms? Force on force? Check out Waukesha’s Wisconsin Tactical. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Kevin Graham, marketing coordinator for Secure It, stows his everyday carry in an intelligent firearm storage safe. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Plenty of belts at Urban Carry. The spokesman says the leather holds up so well that they outlast the buckle. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Donna, of Femme Fatale Holsters, shows off her elegant concealed carry solutions for women. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Nice 2A bumper sticker. I’ll one up you with the Second Amendment mobile on display at American Rebel. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
The Kel-Tec boyz showing the people of Milwaukee what tans and shotguns look like in Cocoa, Florida. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Soke Jeffrey Hall, a 10th Dan belt of Hojutsu-Ryu, a martial arts that includes gun shooting, open for questions at the Expo. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Leena holding bags, bags and more bags at the booth for Cameleon Bags, a concealed carry purse maker. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Were you talking to me this whole time? I assure you I was listening. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
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