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IIRC, handgun owners are statistically more likely to use their guns as a deterrent without ever firing the weapon. I'm certain that if someone points a .25 at you that the barrel will appear about the same diameter as a 155mm howitzer. While a .25 is better than nothing, I still doubt that most women will enjoy shooting them enough to spend any range time familiarizing themselves with the weapon.

While there have been a surprising number of mortal wounds created by the lowly .25, your wife may be unpleasantly surprised by the amount of recoil in that very small gun. My experience is that novice shooters want to try the .25 because it's so unintimidating in appearance. Then they act surprised when it actually goes bang.