I'd like to draw your attention to the words of the father of the modern pistol school the late Col. Jeff Cooper.
I paraphrase here
re; the .25acp "Load it if it comforts you, but never carry it. For if you carry it, you may shoot someone and if you shoot someone they may become angry and do you bodily harm".
But on the flip side;
I've seen a guy drive into the ER with .25 acp brass laying on the windshield wiper and hood of his car. 2 holes in the door and multiple holes in his chest.(the window partway down) That was as far as he made it on his own. He couldn't t tell me how far he drove to get there.. . He made it to surgery. and, , , I've seen more than one "bad actor" DRT with .32 acp brass lyin' all around.
"Shot placement is king,, , penetration is queen"