I've watched Paul pretty much since the beginning. He's always been one of the most genuine and likeable people in the guntube community. So many have either tried to embrace the pseudo-military persona, or gone full gun-bro and made their content about the spectacle of stupid shooting challenges and bigger and bigger guns. Paul never did.
One of the most most horrific things about cancer, quite apart from the obvious, is that for the families and friends of those taken by it, is that it often perverts the human grieving process. I lost one of my parents to cancer. Lived with them every day for a year, as it destroyed them. When they finally passed, I wasn't able to cry. There was no way to process the grief, because I had grown to live with the grief for months, and when the end came, there was only relief that it was over. I hope Paul's loved ones are able to find some comfort, because I know how much they need it now, and will need it for some time.
Which is not to speak less of the horrific suffering and emotional turmoil that the dying have to endure before they finally get to rest.
It's a term we often use too reflexively, "RIP". Rest in peace. But Paul... rest in peace. Your watch is done. We'll have to get by now without you, but you did more than most to make sure we could. I don't know for sure what wait for us all when we cross the barrier, but I hope it's something wonderful, because you deserve it, and perhaps I like to hold out hope of shaking your hand, in some metaphysical way.