Colorado Springs Clerk Fired For Defending Himself With His Firearm

By Tom Knighton

It’s a terrible end to a horrible day, but that’s just what Lee Satterthwaite had. When two armed men busted into the convenience store he worked at, it was the definition of a bad day. The two armed assailants pointed weapons at Satterthwaite’s face and demanded money. It was a harrowing situation, to say the least.

Which might be why Satterthwaite drew his own pistol in self-defense.

Now, Satterthwaite is out of a job, fired for having a gun on the premises.

Two weeks ago, Lee Satterthwaite was working the overnight shift at Wester Convenience store on Fillmore street in Colorado Springs when two armed suspects entered the store around 3 a.m. pointing their weapons at him demanding money. “Looking down the barrel of a gun that you know is wielded with hostile intent, is frightening,” says Satterthwaite.

When he asked the suspects to not point their weapons at his face and they didn’t listen, he drew his weapon. “They kept pointing their guns at my head, I stepped behind cover and drew my weapon.”

The suspects were frightened by the gun. When Satterthwaite tried to grab one of the suspects weapons he was shot in the left arm. He says, “It …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms