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It's all going to depend on the legality, under your particular local law, of having the gun in the car. Some jurisdictions may make a distinction between "transporting" a gun between place where you may legally possess it and "having" a gun in a car, even if unloaded, on a regular basis. I don't claim to know; it's something that should be checked on.
It's entirely possible to justifiably use a gun in self defense and still be convicted on a weapons charge. Bernie Goetz, is pretty much the "poster child" for that outcome. He was acquitted of assault (i. e., the jury agreed that his use of lethal force in self defense was justified), but he was still convicted and sent to jail for illegal possession of the gun.
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