Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
You are driving a 3000lb death machine. If I walked into you with a knife by accident it would be the same as me running you over with my car. Both are weapons.
And therein lies the difference between murder and manslaughter. A murder is an action committed with the intent to kill, and manslaughter is reckless actions that accidentally led to someone's death. In your example, you get hurt because the knife is walked into on accident due to my carelessness with it, not because I was trying to stab you.