Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter believes gun violence in American cities should also be considered terrorism.

“Domestic terrorism is international terrorism,” Nutter said in a phone interview with the Associated Press. “There is really no level of distinction between the violence that goes on, on the streets of America on a daily basis and the episodic acts of international terrorism that also take place, primarily in cities.”

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