[DanThaMan1776]

I don't know if you are right about the number of people killed by 25 auto and 22 lr being prodigiously high, but I can only guess that if the 22 lr statistic is correct it's because most gun owners (at least the ones i know) have a 22 lr in their collection. Many people start on 22s. So if the 22 lr is as omnipresent as I believe it to be, the number of deaths due to mishaps, and perhaps not mishaps (murders) will be high.. but not relative to other calibers.

Regardless of what the real answer is, don't mistake statistics for being comprehensive facts. Look at the terminal ballistics of the 22 lr and 25 auto and then look at the 9mm or 45. It doesn't matter what the numbers say when the facts say something else. I bet bladed weapons have caused even more deaths than the 22 lr over the course of history.. doen't mean carrying a knife is better than a gun.