We should implement certain regulations on weapons and the people who own these weapons. Background checks should be conducted on the individuals who decide to purchase a firearm. The Las Vegas shooting that occurred on the first of October in 2017 was recorded to be the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States. Stephen Paddock, who was responsible for the shooting, killed around 59 people and seriously injured hundreds of others. According to a New York Times article “Who was Stephen Paddock? The Mystery of a Nondescript Numbers Guy”, Paddock’s girlfriend told the investigators that “he seemed to be deteriorating in recent months both mentally and physically. Perhaps his methodical and systematic mind had turned in a lethal