Priest says will defend self with rifles after pistol theft

(ANSA) - Perugia, February 28 - An Umbrian priest told ANSA Thursday he was ready to defend himself with his two rifles after burglars made off with a 1930s Beretta pistol earlier this week.
    "Voting preferences are secret but I'm a sympathiser of the League," said 73-year-old Father Antonio Mandrelli, referring to Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's rightist party which is pressing for an expansion of legitimate self-defence norms on a par with American 'stand your ground' rules.
    The thieves did not find the money from recent collections that Father Mandrelli had hidden in his rectory.