8-K

                        SECURITIES AND EXHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549




                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)     July 16, 2001
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                               VIEW SYSTEMS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Florida                                1-15247                    59-2928366
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(State or other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                                            Identification No.)




    Gunther Than, 925 West Kenyon Avenue, Suite 15, Englewood Colorado 21046
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                (Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (303) 783-9153
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                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last Report)








ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     View  Systems,  Inc.  (the  "Registrant")  disputes the claim of beneficial
ownership by Rubin  Investment  Group  ("Rubin").  In its Schedule 13D filing on
July 12, 2001,  Rubin claimed  beneficial  ownership of 2,235,000 shares that it
may acquire upon the exercise of certain warrants.  The warrants were originally
issued by the  Registrant in  consideration  of Rubin's  undertaking  to perform
certain  services  for  the  Registrant.   Rubin  failed  to  perform,   causing
substantial  harm to the Registrant,  and, as a result,  on January 9, 2001, the
Registrant notified Rubin that it cancelled the warrants.

     Rubin also  misrepresented  the  percentage of Registrant  stock covered by
warrants.  Rubin's Schedule 13D stated that the warrant shares represented 19.2%
of the Registrant's common stock based on 9,054,120 outstanding shares. In fact,
the  Registrant  reported  in its  latest  publicly  filed  document  14,871,620
outstanding  shares  at the time of  filing  of the  Schedule  13D,  so that the
warrant  shares would  actually  represent  only 13.0%,  if the warrants were in
effect.

     The Registrant has instructed its transfer agent not to issue any shares of
common stock upon any attempted exercise of any portion of the warrants.

     The  Registrant  has also notified the SEC of Rubin's errant filing and has
requested the SEC to take appropriate action.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (a) and (b) Not Applicable.

     (c)  Exhibits.  Press  Release  Dated July 16, 2001  regarding the claim of
beneficial  ownership of View  Systems,  Inc.  common stock by Rubin  Investment
Group.




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has dully  caused  this  report  to be  signed on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                    View Systems, Inc.
                                                    (Registrant)



Date: 07/16/01                                      /s/ Gunther Than
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                                                    Gunther Than
                                                    President and
                                                    Chief Executive Officer

EX-99

                                  Exhibit 99.1

                                  NEWS RELEASE


Contact: Gunther Than
         President and CEO
         View Systems, Inc.
         (303) 783-9153



  View Systems Disputes Claim of Beneficial Ownership By Rubin Investment Group



     Baltimore,   MD--(Business  Wire)--July  16,  2001  -  View  Systems,  Inc.
(OTCBB:VYST) announced today that it has filed a form 8-K with the SEC, disputes
the claim of beneficial  ownership by Rubin Investment  Group ("Rubin").  In its
Schedule  13D filing on July 12, 2001,  Rubin  claimed  beneficial  ownership of
2,235,000 shares that it may acquire upon the exercise of certain warrants.  The
warrants  were  originally  issued by the  Company in  consideration  of Rubin's
undertaking  to perform  certain  services  for View  Systems.  Rubin  failed to
perform,  causing substantial harm to the Company,  and, as a result, on January
9, 2001, the Company notified Rubin that it cancelled the warrants.

     Even if Rubin had the ability to exercise  those  warrants,  which had been
cancelled on January 9, 2001,  his  statements  in his Schedule 13D filing would
have been a  misrepresentation  of the Company's  stock covered by the warrants.
Rubin stated that the warrant shares  represented  19.2% of the Company's common
stock based on 9,054,120  outstanding  shares. In fact, View Systems reported in
its latest publicly filed document 14,871,620  outstanding shares at the time of
filing of the Schedule 13D, so that the warrant shares would actually  represent
only 13.0%, if the warrants were in effect.

About View Systems

View Systems designs,  markets and sells a family of CCTV digital  recording and
video  management  products  and digital  identification  products  based on the
Company's  proprietary  software.  The Company uses an open architecture  design
approach that allows  compatibility  with  commercially  available  computer and
video software hardware.

The statements  made in this release,  which are not historical  facts,  contain
certain  forward-looking  statements concerning potential developments affecting
the business, prospects, financial condition and other aspects of the company to
which this release pertains.

The actual  results of the specific  items  described in this  release,  and the
company's operations generally,  may differ materially from what is projected in
such forward-look statements.

Although such  statements are based upon the best judgments of management of the
company as of the date of this  release,  significant  deviations  in magnitude,
timing  and other  factors  may result  from  business  risks and  uncertainties
including without limitation,  the company's dependence on third parties, market
conditions,  technical factors,  the availability of outside capital and receipt
of  revenues,  and other  factors,  many of which are beyond the  control of the
company.