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.