Are You Aware that the Majority of People Have Criminal Intent to Commit a Crime?

American Jurisprudence, it is the case that there is no crime without mens rhea. Explain this assumption underlying legal criterion.

Mens rhea is defined as criminal intent.

There is no crime without intentional violation of criminal law; the individual must have intended to commit a series of acts that are defined by a legislature as a criminal statute. Negligence of the law is no defense! In American Jurisprudence a defendant must posses' criminal intent in order to be convicted of a crime.

There are four levels of criminal intent:

A. Purposive- holding a gun to a person's head the person holding that gun has the intent to kill that person. It is obvious that the actions taken will cause the death of an individual.
B. Knowingly- shooting a gun at close range, towards someone else, the person holding the gun, has the intent to shoot that gun, and should therefore be aware that the bullet could kill someone should it hit the potential "target". Actions are very likely to kill a person/bystander.
C. Reckless- playing cops and robbers, with loaded guns, the intention is to play with loaded guns, which can result in one out of six possible deaths. Actions have a small chance to cause a death.
D. Negligence- carrying a loaded gun, carelessly throw it aside, the person should be aware that the gun could possibly discharge and shoot a bullet into a person's body. The action of driving while intoxicated, there is a medium chance that you could have a car accident and kill someone.