Dan Baum

Dan Baum has been a staff writer at The New Yorker and a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Nine Lives, a book about Hurricane Katrina, and Gun Guys: A Road Trip.

Armed And Useless

Target Practice

<p><a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/12/22/the-nra-flubs-the-facts-about-sandy-hook.html">The NRA recommends</a> having teachers carry guns, and although it may seem like a simple idea, gun-owner and journalist Dan Baum, the author of the new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gun-Guys-Road-Dan-Baum/dp/0307595412/" target="_blank"><i>Gun Guys: A Road Trip</i></a>, learns that it’s terrifyingly confusing to choose the right target.</p>

Dan Baum | Published Mar 12, 2013

The Best Books About New Orleans

Four years after Hurricane Katrina, Dan Baum, the author of Nine Lives, picks the best books on New Orleans.

Dan Baum | Published Aug 25, 2009