If you are authorized to carry weapons, you should know how to react to a law enforcment officer when you are stopped for a traffic violation. Most Legally Armed People learn how to do this in the training they must undertake before their Carry License or Permit is issued. However, not every person is required to take training.

Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, and other states have no training requirements.  In these states, Legally Armed Individuals are not told how to handle an armed traffic stop.  Because of this, LegallyArmed.com made this video to show the correct protocol between an officer, and a Legally Armed Citizen.

Not everyone will agree with advising the officer they are armed.  Some states require it while others do not.  If you are a Legally Armed Citizen, you should consider this as a means of letting the officer know you are no threat and, you want him or her to be advised you are armed for both of your safety. 

NOTE:  If you are a thug who carries a gun, you don't have to follow these procedures.  In fact, you will probably not stop when the officer turns on their siren...you will try and get away as fast as you can & toss the gun out of the car. 

Law Enforcement Officers face situations like this every day.  This is why as a Legally Armed Citizen, you are being curteous to the Peace Officer by advising you are armed.  Try it and, you just might get out of the speeding ticket.