> for self-defense against a specified threat Threats requiring self-defense are rarely specified in advance. To your larger point, though, I don't think I've

> for self-defense against a specified threat Threats requiring self-defense are rarely specified in advance. To your larger point, though, I don't think I've ever met a municipality that, as an incorporated entity, had the spine to stand up to anything. You would be creating a locally-centralized stockpile that could easily fall into the hands of the feds or of the first angry mob that comes along and seizes it, whether by bending the town council or by storming the armory. Do you want me to simply hope that the mob will be on my side?