The people that don’t like guns, just don’t like guns. Any number they can pull out of the air is an excuse for them to exercise their 1st Amendment rights. As stupid as it seems for them to use the above inconsequential statistics, they would even sound stupider saying the truth: “We don’t want anyone to have guns, because we are afraid of and don’t like guns, and we are against your 2nd amendment rights because we are afraid of and just don’t like guns.”
These Mennonites are probably real good folks, lead by a good fellow that is a bit paranoid, and they don’t realize that atheism (or religious persecution) awaits them if they get rid of the 2nd amendment and then the 1st is lost. The news for them is “Pacifism is NOT a component of freedom, religious or otherwise.”
Yes, Mennonites are usually good people. I asked one that I know quite well, how they could justify relying on people who were willing to be violent for their protection. Her reply was that God provided the police, army and others who would protect them.