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…

Some legislators in Nashville—yes, even a few who campaigned as “pro-Second Amendment”—are now not only whispering but are publicly stating that the Tennessee Firearms Association and its leadership are “too toxic.”  Why? Because we’ve dared to hold them accountable to their oath of office and their promises to you. Let’s be clear: terms like “toxic” are…

On September 30, 2025, the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued a “stay” of the three-judge trial court’s ruling in Hughes et al. v. Lee et al which ruling declared two of Tennessee’s gun control statutes unconstitutional. Although the trial court ruling declared these two statutes unconstitutional, it did not issue an injunction which would have…

On September 30, 2025, the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued a “stay” in the appeal by Governor Bill Lee and Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti of the three-judge panel’s ruling which declared two of Tennessee’s gun control statutes unconstitutional. The ruling leaves the status of Tennessee law in confusion since the trial court had declared these…

The Attorney General serves the state, not the people…what law does the state enforce that keeps criminals from using guns to commit crimes? The three judge panel in Hughes et al. v. Lee et al. decided only two things: that Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-1307(a), (the intent to go armed statute which makes it a…

On September 26, 2025, the Plaintiffs/Appellees in Hughes, et al., v. Bill Lee, et al. filed a lengthy response in opposition to a request by Governor Bill Lee and Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti in which they asked the Tennessee Court of Appeals to “stay” the three-judge panel’s ruling striking down two of Tennessee’s gun control…