U.S. plagued by guns, violent crimes: China report

The United States is haunted by spreading guns and frequent occurrence of violent crimes, according to the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2014 released by China on Friday.

According to the "Crime in the United States" released by the FBI, there were an estimated 1,163,146 violent crimes reported to law enforcement in 2013, of which 14,196 are murders, 79,770 are rapes, 345,031 robberies and 724,149 aggravated assaults, says the report, released by the Information Office of China's State Council Information Office.

There were an estimated 367.9 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013 in the United States, it says, adding that about 1,500 violent crimes were registered a month in Los Angeles in 2014.

In 2014, Los Angeles's overall total of violent crime was up 7.6 percent by early October, compared with the same time in 2013, the report cites The Los Angeles Times as saying.

Meanwhile, gang violence in the United States was at an all time high, says the report, adding that there were currently an estimated 1.7 million gang members spread throughout the country.

The rampant use of guns was not contained. Though the FBI had launched federal background checks to block groups like fugitives and felons, from buying firearms, local law enforcement authorities did not report arrest warrants to the database used to screen gun buyers, the report says, citing USA Today.

Consequently, tens of thousands of fugitives including those facing serious charges can pass the background checks and bought firearms. Statistics showed that the use of firearms was behind about 69 percent of the murders in the U.S., while for robberies, the figure was 40 percent, and for aggravated assaults, 21.6 percent, says the report. Endi