<human>: When my dad was 17 he was a wild kid. He let his mom (My Grandma, She has been dead for 13 years) borrow $45 from him when he was 17. Time went by and his mom never paid him back so he wrote a $45 check in her name and cashed it. She called the police on him and he spent 1 1/2 years in prison when he was 17 years old. After he got out he was a convicted felon. Fast forward to around 4 months ago, Him and I were shooting guns on county land where there are no houses. Someone called the cops and we talked to the cops for a good 3 hours. After that my mom came and picked me up and he got arrested for being a felon with a weapon. He was bailed out the next day for $500. He was unaware that he was a felon because when he went to prison he was only 17, a minor. Yesterday was his court date and they want to give him 4 years probation or 18 months in prison. Apparently in Florida (Where we live) it doesn't matter if you are a minor or not, if you commit a felony you are a felon for the rest of your life. I don't know what to do. He has another appearance in September to see what he has to do. I'm 15 so I don't know much about this legal stuff but there is some smart people on Reddit and was wondering if any of you could help. We don't have that much money and my mom can't work. So if he went to prison we would loose our house because he is our only source of income. His lawyer is also incompetent but we cannot afford a better one.

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<bot>: My dad could get 4 years probation or 24 months in prison because he shot a gun while he was a felon for stealing $45 back from his mom when he was 17 years old.