itations to the qualified privilege. *575 R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minn. 505 U.S. 377, 392, 112 S.Ct. 2538, 120 L.Ed.2d 305 (1992); Collier v. Postum Cereal Co. 150 A.D. 169, 178, 134 N.Y.S. 847 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 1912) ("One in self-defense is not confined to parrying the thrusts of his assailant.