Denver resident Amanda Hardin stays busy these days, from her day-to-day job to her nonprofit work.

"I'm a registered nurse to layer everything on each other so I started looking at the intersection of safety, of mental health, of firearm ownership," she explained to CBS Colorado.

A firearm owner herself, Hardin founded the Mind & Safety Institute in order to introduce practical solutions for responsible firearm holders. While an advocate of the Second Amendment, Hardin says that there is a knowledge gap that needs to be bridged and better understanding about how mental health and gun ownership intersect.

"Everyone wants the same outcome," she said. "We all want safety. We all want responsibility. We're all going about it in different ways and it's causing a lot of friction."

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