Daniel Radcliffe says we should consider classifying all gun crimes 'as a form of terrorism'

The cry for gun control is loud, but little progress has been made to change current policy.

In 2016 alone, there have already been nearly 8,500 gun-related deaths.

Daniel Radcliffe's suggestion for how to change people's views on gun crimes? Call it a "form of terrorism."

The actor spoke with Business Insider in an exclusive interview before the TimesTalks event to promote his latest film "Imperium," which is based on a true story of an FBI agent's undercover mission to infiltrate a white supremacy group.

Early on, the film challenges the idea of categorizing threats and following the mainstream definition of terrorism. At first, Radcliffe's character Nate is focused on Islamic groups before he is recruited to go undercover as a white supremacist.

Director Daniel Ragussis, who joined Radcliffe in the interview, co-wrote the film with Michael German, the former FBI agent on which it is based. After working with German, Ragussis said he has come to understand the definition of terrorism as very subjective.

Radcliffe agreed and applied the significance of the label of terrorism to the much-debated topic of gun control policy:

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