Besides my CCW, I have a "travelin' buddy" in the trunk. Technically a pistol so OK to carry loaded in the vehicle, should I want to. Great for sudden mobs, civil disturbances, or coming home to find unwanted visitors. As I'm in bear and cougar country, I load 154gr JSPs. Since the pic I've put a rail up top and a red dot.
AKs definitely do the job.