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Th museum is an initiative of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a private non-profit [501(c)(3)] organization.

National LE Museum Receives Handguns Used by Al Capone

(GunReports.com) -- When the National Law Enforcement Museum opens in late 2013, it will tell the stories of federal law enforcement in America, thanks, in part, to loans from two federal agencies.

The Internal Revenue Service is lending the museum a number of historically significant items, including the .38-caliber, top break, 5 shot, pearl-handled handgun used by mobster Al Capone, as well as the Victor .32-caliber 5 shot of IRS Agent Michael Malone, who led the investigation that brought Capone to justice in 1931.

In addition, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is lending the museum the motorcycle used for over three decades by Undercover ATF agents.

From 1997 to 1999 ATF Agent Blake Boteler used the motorcycle to infiltrate the Sons of Silence outlaw motorcycle organization, which ultimately led to the arrest of over 85 members and associates on weapons charges and drug trafficking charges in Colorado.

"Undercover operations such as those that took down Al Capone and the Sons of Silence outlaw motorcycle gang are seminal moments in American law enforcement history, illustrating the professionalism, courage and determination of our country's federal law enforcement officers," said Craig W. Floyd, chairman and CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the DC-based non-profit that is leading the creation of the museum.

Special Agent Boteler was one of two undercover ATF agents who infiltrated the Sons of Silence outlaw motorcycle club, which trafficked illegal weapons and drugs in the Midwestern United States in the 1990s.

IRS Agent Malone had infiltrated Al Capone's gang and was able to collect financial information that ultimately led to Capone's 1931 conviction for tax evasion, which sent the notorious mobster to prison for 11 years. The loan of Capone's handgun complements an earlier acquisition by the museum: a bullet-resistant vest that Capone wore as part of a suit.

In addition, the IRS is lending the museum a number of historical badges worn by its agents involved in prohibition, narcotics, intelligence and other enforcement functions.

These objects will be available for viewing by appointment only at the National Law Enforcement Museum's current collection facility in Forestville, Md., September 8-10, 2010.

Authorized by Congress in the year 2000, the National Law Enforcement Museum is a 55,000-square-foot mostly underground museum that will be located adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC's Judiciary Square.

Groundbreaking for the museum will take place on October 14, 2010, with a projected opening in late 2013. The museum is an initiative of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a private non-profit [501(c)(3)] organization.

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