SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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



Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):    April 15, 2002



                               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, 1100 Wilso Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21223
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                (Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code:           (410) 646-3000
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last Report)





ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     On  April  2,  2002,  View  Systems,   Inc.  (the  "Registrant")   filed  a
Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25 relating to its Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.  However,  the Registrant is
unable to file the Form 10-KSB  within the 15 day period  provided by the filing
of such form. As of April 15, 2002,  the  Registrant is delinquent in filing its
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.

     On  December  16,  2001,  the  Registrant  acquired a minority  interest in
Milestone Technology,  Inc.  ("Milestone") and on March 25, 2002, the Registrant
acquired  100%  of the  outstanding  stock  of  Milestone.  The  Registrant  has
experienced  difficulty in collecting and integrating the financial data of, and
generating financial statements for, Milestone.

     Because  of the  failure  to file its Form  10-KSB  within  the  prescribed
timeframe,  the Registrant does not meet the adequate current public information
requirement  contained in Rule 144(c),  promulgated  under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the Registrant's shareholders may not rely on Rules 144 or
145 for the resale of restricted  securities until the Registrant's  Form 10-KSB
is  filed  and the  Company  has  otherwise  provided  adequate  current  public
information.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (a) and (b) Not Applicable.

         (c) Exhibits.

         99.1 Press Release Dated March 25, 2002.

SIGNATURES

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

                                                        View Systems, Inc.
                                                        (Registrant)


Date:    04/17/02                             /s/  Gunther Than
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                                              Gunther Than
                                              President and
                                              Chief Executive Officer


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

   Exhibit No.                               Description
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     99.1                  Press  Release  dated  March 25, 2002  regarding  the
                           acquisition  of  100%  of the  outstanding  stock  of
                           Milestone Technology, Inc. by View Systems, Inc.



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