Where can I find allied people to help me learn?

Hey folx,

I was trying to figure out how to even get into gun ownership in the first place. Yeah, I can go buy a pistol, but I was really hoping to figure out training and stuff. A lot of the gun places near me (Northwest Ohio) are of course going to be mostly full of the demographic that don't really like our sorts of people.

I was looking into something like the Pink Pistols, but my local chapter seems to have... fallen. Didn't really get good vibes from their page. A lot of the more official training places near me seem nice, but they're quite expensive, and I don't really want to drop thousands a year on membership and training fees while feeling like I have to force myself to be someone I'm not to fit in.

So, are there any resources for starting out that I am overlooking? The nearest group I could find is another PP chapter that's a couple hours away, and I really don't feel comfortable using Facebook to reach out to them.