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quoting the law, "THIS SECTION DOES NOT ESTABLISH A RIGHT OR AUTHORIZE ANY PERSON TO MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY."

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Right this is the problem. If it said the opposite, it would be a FANTASTIC law.

But you already have the right to record which has been upheld in court. Now in AZ when faced with a court argument that you were too close to the action you can point to a law that defines too close.

You can't really read laws in the negative. Laws only mean what they say.

You can still for example "interfere" and be more than 8 feet away and pointing to this law won't help you.

You are largely right, though one can apply the canons of construction to understanding a law's text, which sometimes can sometimes lead to inferences.

https://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/adjunct/dstevenson/2018Spring...

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