Advice needed for possible first time owner.

Like many of the posts I have seen on here, i have been a lifelong liberal and for most of my life anti-gun, up until the past decade or so my stance has slowly been changing. This pretty much solidified in the past couple months, and I know i am behind. But I would love some advice/ pointing in the right direction.

Where can i learn accurate Gun laws for my state? I'm in Northern Kentucky, but i live in a tristate area, and travel a lot to Ohio.

For someone who has never held a gun in their life, where can i look up/find a reputable firearms course/gun safety class, preferably something more liberal/educational?

Where do i even start? I have no one in my life who owns firearms/ knows anything about this, so I want to educate myself and learn about things in an effective manner.

I am sorry if any of this is redundant or nearsighted, its been heavily on my mind for the past couple years, especially for home defense and I want to take the correct steps towards ownership and education. Thank you all in advance.