The very fact that Cirrus sells airplanes with the parachute system as a major attraction makes it very much fair game for criticism, and the statistics bear this criticism out.
And SNS3Guppy, you are not the first critic. As for statistics, interesting to note that the market has made the Cirrus SR22 the most purchased single-engine piston aircraft in recent years. In 10 years, there are now over 4,000 airplanes delivered. And the fatal accident rate is comparable to (and slightly below) the single-engine fixed-wing fatal accident rate derived from the annual Nall reports published by the Air Safety Foundation (1.70 fatal accidents per 100,000 flying hours in the past 12 months, 1.57 in the past 36 months for the Cirrus fleet, versus 1.19 for the GA fleet and 1.86 for single-engine fixed-wing).
Cheers
Rick