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Lookups spiked on January 11, 2013.


The wording of the Second Amendment to the Constitution came under renewed scrutiny as Vice President Joe Biden led the White House task force on guns.


Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary offers three definitions of militia:


: a body of citizens organized for military service


In interpreting the Constitution, opponents of gun control tend to support a definition like the middle one, which doesn't refer to a legal army; supporters of gun control generally support the other two.