As you’ll see from the report below by the Tennessean, not everyone is ready for this new policy to take effect.

Tennessee colleges scramble as law allowing guns on campus nears

At 8 a.m. Monday, police at the University of Tennessee will start registering employees who want to carry guns on the Knoxville campus, signaling the start of a new era for public schools across the state.

A law opening college campuses to guns goes into effect July 1. Institutions, working alongside law enforcement, have scrambled to rewrite policies, develop new programs and work through hypothetical hiccups to meet the deadline.

Under the law, full-time employees — including professors and staff members — with the necessary permits can carry concealed handguns with them on campus. But anyone who wants to carry will have to register with campus or local law enforcement first.

“I really have no idea what response we’re going to get,” said Troy Lane, chief of police at UT Knoxville. “I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if we have very few people, but I can’t say I’d be real surprised if we have a lot of folks show up.”

Colleges and universities across the state have had to fast-track development of the new policies and paperwork surrounding the law in a matter of weeks. Gov. Bill Haslam allowed the legislation to become law without his signature in May.

Navigating the new intricacies of the law and constructing new policies have been especially daunting for the state’s 13 community colleges and 27 technical colleges, where administrative resources pale in comparison to state universities. Mary Moody, the Board of Regents’ general counsel, told a group of board members the process has been “very awkward.”

Most community and technical colleges do not have their own police departments, which means those schools will need to coordinate with local law enforcement to keep track of who is allowed to carry a gun on campus.