Protester who chopped off finger tip selling guillotine on Internet
Associated Press
May 22, 2005

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Joel Gonzalez is bringing cutting edge equipment to the Internet. Literally.

Gonzalez, who cut off the tip of his finger outside the state Capitol in 1994 to protest efforts by the gun lobby to scuttle tougher firearms laws, is selling the homemade guillotine and hammer used in the severance on eBay. The bidding begins at $50,000.

"When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now."

Gonzalez told the Connecticut Post that he wants to sell the items to raise money needed to continue his activism in causes including bringing prayer back into schools, finding more money for education, abolishing the death penalty and, of course, strengthening gun control laws.

If he gets a $50,000 bid or more, he promised to give half to the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport.

No one has bid on the two items, but 391 people have looked at the eBay listing.

The guillotine is 8 inches tall. The 2-pound hammer was used to drive the guillotine blade into left index finger. Both items include state police evidence tags.

State Capitol police threatened to arrest Gonzalez but never did. But they did arrest his friend, who was filming in the incident, and seized the videotape.

Gonzalez was taken with his finger tip to Hartford Hospital, where he elected not to have it reattached. Hospital staff sewed up the injured finger with 13 stitches and never returned the severed part.

Gonzalez believes there should be a harsh penalty for people who commit crimes with guns.

"States must consider amputating the trigger fingers of anyone who uses a firearm to commit a premeditated crime," he said.


www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-22203725.apds.m0385.bc-ct--fingmay22,0,6401775.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire

"When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now."

That he's crazy.

Quoted: "When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now." That he's crazy.

Still crazee

Wow... what an effective protest.

Is this another Wendy's chilli incident in the making?

I predict that eBay will cut the auction short......

I wonder how he feels now that the AWB is dead

Quoted: Protester who chopped off finger tip selling guillotine on Internet Associated Press May 22, 2005 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Joel Gonzalez is bringing cutting edge equipment to the Internet. Literally. Gonzalez, who cut off the tip of his finger outside the state Capitol in 1994 to protest efforts by the gun lobby to scuttle tougher firearms laws, is selling the homemade guillotine and hammer used in the severance on eBay. The bidding begins at $50,000. "When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now."

I'd say not only is he crazy, but he's dumber than a bag full of hammers if he thinks he's goint to get 50Gs for it.
How would you search for it on Ebay- "Manicure set"?

The stupidity of man never ceases to amaze me.

Gun violence is a social problem not an availibility problem, therefore his next act should involve a real guillotine and his head.

Checked the eBay ad.  That's got to be the shittiest guillotine I've ever seen.  What a fucking loser - why doesn't he put his head into one?

Why does this shit make the news? Me thinks this POS is unemployed and needs the $50K.

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=475&item=6532622947&rd=1\



edit:

never trust ebay'ers who have '0' feedback.....

"When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now."

Ummmm, that your a fu*%ing idiot.

Quoted: cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=475&item=6532622947&rd=1\

Gee... that is a crappy looking guillotine.  And a lousy ad with funky photos.

I guess I'll have to keep looking to find an acceptable finger guillotine for home use.  They're not as easy to find as you'd think.  

Quoted:
The stupidity of man never ceases to amaze me.[/quote

Agreed!!!

"When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now."

That you're a crazy attention whore?

Why build a guillotine?  I've seen people lose a finger in a paper cutter without even trying very hard.  Inattention is a bitch.

Quoted: "When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now." That he's crazy.

Amen.

Quoted: I guess I'll have to keep looking to find an acceptable finger guillotine for home use.  They're not as easy to find as you'd think.

They're called "snow blowers" up here.

Quoted: I predict that eBay will cut the auction short......

Man Your such a cut-up!  

Quoted: I've seen people lose a finger in a paper cutter without even trying very hard.

If you look at it, all it is, is a blade attached to a wooden block by a hinge-point. It LOOKS like a
modified papercutter. Gee... how resourceful.....

He should cut off his pecker to protest the lax laws that protect real criminals---child molesters!

Shoulda stuck his wee-wee in there rather than his finger and keep his dumb ass out of the gene-pool.

Anyone notice that he said that he was going to raise $500K off of this incident? If only he chopped off all 10 fingers, then he'd make $5 million!

Quoted: "When I did it, people said I was crazy," said Gonzalez, a former Bridgeport city councilman. "I wonder what they are saying now." Ummmm, that your a fu*%ing idiot.

 nice use oof adjectives there

Quoted: I hope he's too busy protesting to reproduce...

Maybe he'll put something else in the guillotine before he sells it.

What a tool


so will he behead himself if we repeal the 1934 gun law?

Maybe he should put his brain on eBay.  It's hardly used.

I'll bid 1k if he cuts the rest of his fingers off with it!

Just asked his on ebay if he'll do the other 9!

& He's local, so we can do a FTF transfer!

Looks like he lowered his starting price to 10K...

Quoted: I hope he's too busy protesting to reproduce, because he's a stain on the human race.

We should encourage him to cut something else off so as not to reproduce.

Quoted: I wonder how he feels now that the AWB is dead

Not in CT.  It still lives and breathes up here.