I must be more intelligent than most , if you're the first person who picked up on it!!
Talking of recent weather! There are no cancelled football matches in the premiership today, yet the homecoming parade for our winter Olympians was cancelled, due to the adverse weather conditions! The irony
You've been fortunate, but others with filter, may not be as lucky finding someone as local. My point being, you can't rule anything out, where finding a potential partner is concerned
A few isolated incidents , doesn't merit every civilian to be armed like cowboys! Come and see for yourself how civilised people live , without fear & no weapons!
RE: The elderly
I would buy them a computer & enrol them on CS ... that should keep them occupied for the majority of the day.