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.

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Target Practice

Armed And Useless

<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>

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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.

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