Here's my letter to my Congressman - Please feel free to copy it and use it yourself!
You'll have to change Congressman X to the name of your own representative, and replace the reference to my city and number of schools with your own:
Dear Congressman X:
I strongly encourage you to co-sponsor H.R. 2613, "To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act," and to support and promote it in every manner possible. Towards that end, I submit to you the following arguments decrying it's existence and supporting it's repeal:
Shortly after it was passed, the GFSZA was subsequently declared to be an unconstitutional exercise of Congressional authority under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution by the United States Supreme Court, and was therefore voided. This case, United States v. Lopez (1995), was the first time in over half a century that the Supreme Court limited Congressional authority to legislate under the Commerce Clause.
Following the Lopez decision, Congress made minor changes requiring that the firearm in question "has moved in or otherwise affects interstate commerce," and reenacted the law with President William J. Clinton's signature. As nearly all firearms have moved in Interstate Commerce at some point in their lives, this was merely a legislative tactic to circumvent the Supreme Court's ruling.
Our Constitution, Sir, is clear: "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." By preventing otherwise lawfully-armed Americans the right to be armed within 1,000' of a school, their right to keep and bear arms is exceptionally infringed. Furthermore, the GFSZA does absolutely nothing to prevent criminals from carrying within 1,000' of a school, and as the vast majority of criminals carry concealed, usually illegally, detecting their trespass is all but impossible.
Meanwhile, the GFSZA removes the ability of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves, their family, and their friends within 1,000' of a school.
Finally, the GFSZA puts law-abiding citizens in serious risk of inadvertent and unintended criminal activity. Put simply, those of us who're not absolutely certain of the precise location of each and every school in their state, risk inadvertently being within 1,000' of a school. If stopped for even a minor traffic violation, or if they're involved in an accident, they could be charged with felony violation of the ridiculous GFSZA.
I would argue that it is humanly impossible to know the precise locations of each and every school within their city. Here in Colorado Springs, for example, there are 787 schools!
The only practical alternative is to go unarmed, which is a serious infringement on our right to keep and bear arms.
Again, Congressman X, please join Representative Ron Paul from Texas in repealing this ridiculous and grossly un-Constitutional infringement on our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Please stand with us!
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,