I emailed Ruger early this year and implored them to make a .32 LCP so it would recoil less than .380. They apparently thought it was a typo.
No, I understand why they'd rather make it in .22 than .32, it will sell a lot better because cheap ammo. However, small .22's like this have never been reliable, I asked a year or two ago what pistols would be good trainers for the LCP and most people said that tiny .22's were problematic, but one got recommended to me that I have yet to have a failure with and that's the Phoenix Arms. Weight and stupid safeties aside, they're great guns and I like it more than the Taurus PT-22 I have, which chokes on occasion and is a PITA to clear.
Now that I think about it and mentioned Phoenix Arms and
@Jeb Stuart brings up the Wrangler, I see what Ruger is doing now: they're copying every cheap gun design that's decent (Kel Tec, Heritage, Phoenix Arms) and they're making their own version of it. I wouldn't doubt it if Ruger comes out with an improved version of the NAA mini revolver, but they put a DAO trigger in it.
Hey, competition is a good thing and if Ruger can make an LCP in .22 that works, they deserve the praise, but I didn't want this gun, I wanted a .32 and Ruger hasn't delivered for me so I guess I shouldn't hold out for a return of the Model 44 Carbine in .357 Magnum.