Reid said that the legislation he is proposing would allow states not to participate in the public option.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

And they close off the square and just allow the public into certain bits of it

那时，他们会封闭广场，只允许公众去特定的区域，

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Virginia's laws allow guns to be carried in public.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19