A "large minority" would have to be several hundred thousand people, perhaps a few million. You'll get no dispute from me on that point. I don't even think tha

A "large minority" would have to be several hundred thousand people, perhaps a few million. You'll get no dispute from me on that point. I don't even think that it matters much whether a group of the appropriate size starts out armed; the benefit to such a group from having an armed population has more to do with knowing how to use weapons that having stockpiles of them.