Kari Lake takes her son Leo, 19, to buy a shotgun for dove season: 'We've decided it's time for him to have one to call his own'

Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake kept up a family contented by buying her 19-year-old boy a 12-gauge shotgun – aft gifting his older sister a handgun this spring.

Lake, a weapon enthusiast who has urged supporters to 'strap connected a Glock' for 2024, purchased nan firearm for her boy Leo successful clip for dove season, which originates successful September successful her hotly-contested state.    

'It warms this mama's bosom that my boy has taken a liking to nan athletics of hunting. He's a awesome changeable pinch Jeff's shotgun, but we've decided it's clip for him to person 1 to telephone his own,' she told DailyMail.com, referencing her hubby Jeff Halperin.

'As a United States Senator, I will do everything successful my powerfulness to sphere and protect our ineffable 2nd Amendment truthful that each American, Leo included, tin not only bask a time successful nan section hunting, but tin besides protect themselves against anyone that mightiness frighten their safety,' she added.

Lake and her hubby bought nan shotgun astatine nan Casa Grande Gun show, wherever Lake besides browsed done tables of handguns and and wielded an axe.

This spring, she bought girl Ruby a 9mm Sig Sauer P365-XL Comp handgun arsenic she turned 21, saying her 'baby woman is increasing up.' 

That was nan aforesaid period Lake told supporters to 'strap connected Glock' for a 2024 twelvemonth she said predicted would beryllium 'crazy' and beryllium 'intense.' 

'The adjacent six months is going to beryllium intense,'she told a rally crowd successful Lake Havasu City. 

'We're going to strap connected our seatbelt. We're going to put connected our helmet — aliases your Kari Lake shot cap. We are going to put connected nan armor of God. And possibly strap connected a Glock connected nan broadside of america conscionable successful case.' 

'You tin put 1 heater and 1 successful nan backmost aliases 1 successful nan front, immoderate you guys decide,' she said.

Lake, a erstwhile broadcaster who was defeated successful her 2022 bid for governor, has been narrowly trailing Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego successful polling for nan Arizona Senate race.

They are battling for nan spot being vacated by Democrat-turned-independent Kyrsten Sinema. 

Former President Donald Trump was starring President Joe Biden by astir six points successful nan RealClearPolitics mean successful Arizona earlier Biden announced he was stepping backmost from nan race.