How many people - EXACTLY - needed to be carrying guns to a peaceful demonstration for it to morph into an "insurrection"? I would have called it "mostly peaceful" but BLM and ANTIFA have already coopted that term for their demonstrations where they burn cop cars and local businesses and kill bystanders and occupy government buildings - but those aren't insurrections. They are "mostly peaceful" protests!!
I asked AI a few questions. There were at least 10,000 people at Trumps rally. Three dozen or so were armed (not all firearms), according to records. Therefore, this amounts to 0.36% of people were armed. Or to put it another way...
=> 99.64% were unarmed.
In other words, nearly everybody was unarmed.
Also factor in that with a crowd of 10,000 people, some will be armed anyway, regardless of the reason for the crowd. So if you want to look at it rationally, check the following stats out (my calculations and inference).
Approximately 6M Americans carry a loaded gun daily, or 1.8% of the population. There will be those who don't carry daily, but less frequently. So,
more than 1.8% of Americans will be armed with a gun on any given day.
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/25/how-many-americans-carry-guns-daily
=> 1.8%+ average in US armed with gun > 0.36% in Trumps crowd.
And of that 0.36%, I expect most were not guns. Plus, in the 1.8%, you will need to add non-firearm weapons that citizens will carry. It is probably more like 5% average in US > 0.36% in Trumps crowd, for a fairer comparison
Conclusion
This goes to show that the Trump "insurrection" crowd was far less armed with guns than your average everyday US citizen. The January 6th insurrection is a myth. It just goes to show the lies perpetrated by selective quoting of statistics from power hungry Democrats who will do anything to hide their attempts to cling on, regardless of how much they trample on democracy in the process.