Harmeet K. Dhillon is the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. President Donald Trump nominated her in December 2024 and she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 3, 2025, and sworn in as AAG by Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 7, 2025. Under her, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has engaged in support of 2nd Amendment rights in a number of cases. One issue of substantial interest is the work that DOJ is doing to litigate against state infringements of 2nd Amendment protected rights. Another is work by the DOJ on establishing – despite congressional defunding – an application process under the federal relief of disabilities procedures so that some individuals who have firearms disabilities as a result of federal law can pursue the restoration of those rights.

AAG Dhillon is perhaps one of the federal officials that has the capacity and ability to get the DOJ to look at the clearly unconstitutional laws in Tennessee that infringe your 2nd Amendment rights and that have done so in some instances for more than 2 centuries. Laws like “intent to go armed,” prohibitions on carrying in parks (or on greenways), prohibitions on carrying in public buildings, the “posting” statute, prohibitions on carrying in numerous locations (both public and private) that clearly are not “sensitive,” prohibitions on carrying longarms, expansive and unreasonable statutory definitions, laws that make the “right” of self-defense nothing more than an affirmative defense at trial, laws that remove 2nd Amendment rights for misdemeanor convictions, laws that remove 2nd Amendment rights for non-violent felons, and more. Perhaps if enough Tennesseans reach out, the Department of Justice might even align with the citizens in the Hughes et al v. Bill Lee, et al, case in which a three-judge panel struck down 2 of Tennessee laws as unconstitutional but then Governor Bill Lee and Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti decided that they would appeal.

You can initiate a civil rights complaint against Bill Lee, Jonathan Skrmetti, the State of Tennessee or even local government officials by using this web portal – https://civilrights.justice.gov/ [As of the date of this post, DOJ is not accepting online complaint but you can file a written complaint – https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1414576/dl?inline ]