I'm confident that I would take a .25 much more seriously from the muzzle than from the screen of my iPad 2 but no, I don't really take it seriously. For the past 10+ years I've carried a Glock 19 (9mm), 23 (.40), or one of 3 J-frame S&W .38s and realistically .38 Spl is as "low" as I go for CCW except on very rare occasions when I'll carry a Kel-Tec P-32 (yes, I know..."it's only a .32") as it is unbelievably easy to conceal in any situation.