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Paul Harrell – I'm Dead [video] (youtube.com)
41 points by pseudolus on Sept 4, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Paul was a titan of the firearms and self defense community on YouTube. I personally learned a lot from him and always found his videos fascinating. You could feel his love of the hobby.

Really sad to see he's gone. It takes a person with a strong sense of duty to others to make a final video actually apologizing for dying.

RIP.


A very moving final video, totally in style.

I really enjoyed the no-nonsense production. And while he always apologized for his Shatneresque pauses, to me they conveyed a strong sense of measured and deliberate wording, inspiring me to try to cut down on my use of filler words when talking.

While he mostly did guns related stuff, I also really enjoyed the wilderness cooking in his Thanksgiving specials.


Some really great content, even if you're not into guns I'd think. My favorite was his recreation of the FBI 80's Miami shootout.


As a guy who like technology, I'm also into guns. Paul always made great content that I could enjoy.

Cancer sucks. Paul, you will be missed.


It saddens me to hear that, Paul made a lot of very interesting content if you are interested in guns, ammo and everything around it. It was also very much devoid of any politics or religion, which I deeply appreciated. This video is very much in character for him, it was so enjoyable to watch yet also filled me with more sadness than I would have expected.

His style is not for everyone, but if the topics he covers are of interest to you I very much suggest giving his channel a try, I know I learned many things from him & the team.


May he rest in peace




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