The Dark Night Rises

I didn't want in any way to try and account for a real-life tragedy so there's that I want to ask a couple of nitpick questions. How could Gordon have planned to fake his own death when he didn't know how the assassination attempt would happen? The thing you should do is just shoot the Joker in the face that was would solve every problem yeah why?" "The novelization of the dark night rises includes a it says that he's an Arkham right now like a he's like the only prisoner in Arkham or something but no one said on the promo trail for dark night rises we're not addressing the Joker at all"