Admittedly, the weapon thing isn't as much of a concern for him given that he has one attached at the end of his arm all the time, but he sees how it's a concern for others. Whether they dole out the tools or leave them in the inn to be used as needed doesn't matter to him, so he'll let others hash that out.

"For the group? What's wrong with trade?" He holds up his hand, to stall an objections. He'll make his case, and then he'll listen. "Say that we all put our extras in here. Fish, meat, firewood, crops. What's to keep someone from helping themselves to some supplies without contributing anything themselves? I don't mind letting someone have the excess I can't use. I do mind someone benefiting from my effort when they haven't made any themselves. What's to prevent that?"

Find some way of making it fair and he's all for it.