The only thing I might add would be that she should have him/her open his/her jacket and shirt and expose a bare midsection before she presses the 25 to it and starts firing (LOL).

Please remember that any semi auto at contact distance risks jamming from fluid blowback into the action or a similar issue with the pressure rising due to not enough distance between muzzle and target. Repeat follow up shots, more especially with such a marginal caliber are incredibly important.

newgunner09 wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2009 at 11:48am:

It's not the caliber, although .25 ACP is anything but a fight stopper, but rather the Raven Arms pistol. It has a reputation for being very unreliable. Lots of stoppages, I believe.
That's as unacceptable in a defensive handgun as is its all-too-low-power cartridge. Your pistol has to fire every time you want it to, without fail.
Further, tiny pistols are very difficult to shoot well, no matter the caliber. Inexperienced hands will find that they are hard to control.
It's easier than you think, to conceal a much larger handgun. Doing so may require, er, sartorial adjustments (like larger-size pants), but it can be done, and comfortably too.
If you can afford it, or are willing to save-up for it, I strongly suggest a closer-to-full-size gun in a more powerful caliber. Then, I also suggest that you do lots and lots of slow, smooth practice with it.
(My wife, Jean, weighs 100 pounds, fully dressed and soaking wet. She learned to shoot with a full-size .45 ACP semi-auto, and found it easy to do. It's all in the technique. Of course, she's too small to be able to conceal a full-size 1911—I'm just illustrating that learning to shoot a more effective caliber isn't all that difficult.)