22 did in Bobby Kennedy and damn near got Reagan.
I have been working on restoring a house that was built in 1900 for the last couple years. Last night I was resawing window trim making a 2 1/4” cut at a 5 degree angle down an 8ft piece of fir. I had to go really slow because my blade was a little dull and the tiny motor on my craftsman table saw kept bogging down. The last thing on my mind was that this little table saw could somehow bite me. But as I got the end of the cut the stick I was using to push the end of the board got sucked into the blade and then shot back out taking a hunk of skin out of the palm of my hand.
I worked for many years in a family owned lumber mill. We had machinery that was powered by large 3 phase motors and equipment that could rip your arm off in a second if you were not careful. Somehow I got out of there with all my fingers, arms and legs still attached. So this morning it feels a little like someone used to shooting a .50 cal machine gun getting hurt while shooting a BB gun. So yes the small calibers can still be very deadly and underpowered consumer grade tools can still put a descent sized nick in your hand or even take off a finger or two.