Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: The news has recently covered a story in which a law enforcement officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, accidentally shot and killed an individual with her service pistol when she thought she was firing her Taser. It appears from the report of the incident that her service pistol and the Taser were both on the strong hand side of her body. It seems to me that those two weapons should be on opposite sides, with the Taser being on the weak hand side of the law enforcement officer's body, and the lethal force service pistol on the strong hand side. This would eliminate the possibility of a tragic mistake. What is the policy and training related to the use of service pistols and Tasers in the Asheville City Police Department and the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department? Is there a requirement that those two weapons be on the opposite side of an officer's body in our local departments?