This is what I found:

18-12-204. Permit Contents - Validity - Carrying Requirements.
(3) (a) a person who may lawfully possess a handgun may carry a handgun under the following circumstances without obtaining a permit and the handgun shall not be considered concealed: (I) the handgun is in the possession of a person who is in a private automobile or in some other private means of conveyance and who carries the handgun for a legal use, including self-defense.


But does this mean that you have to be IN your car when acting in self-defense? Like ONLY if someone tried to carjack you at gunpoint? Or what if you were doing a Craigslist transaction like this guy was, in the general vicinity of your vehicle (not highlighted in the story, this is the hypothetical part), and just MAYBE you had the chance to pull your weapon out of your vehicle and use it to save your own life?