When, despite the court's prior warnings against opening the door to precluded evidence, defendant's testimony on direct examination generally tried to convey the misimpression that he was unfamiliar with firearms, the court properly modified its Sandoval ruling to permit limited inquiry about prior instances of weapons possession, and properly allowed the prosecutor to ask appropriate follow-up questions (see People v Fardan,
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