There is a lot of collected wisdom among shooters. Some of it is even right. LawDog rebuts the conventional wisdom that .25acp is only fit for shooting rodents with the tale of one sad mexican gang member.
Collective wisdom is that if you are going to use a handgun for self-defense against people your best bet is to use calibers between .380 and .45 acp. Some shooters consider .380 a little weak, but it comes in some awfully attractive packages for self defense.
Smaller calibers like .25acp and .32acp are better than throwing rocks, but probably only because it is easier to carry and conceal a small caliber pistol than a large bag of rocks. These calibers are generally lack effective penetration with hollowpoints. Sometimes penetration with hardball is also in doubt. Penetrating the something like the ribcage or the skull might be tricky.
But as LawDogs story points out, if you do intend to use headshots with a small pistol, you might be better off aiming for the other head. I guarantee that the guy will react somehow.
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