Texas wasn’t even close to starting this stupid trend. California has a whole industry enabled by these laws dating back to the 60’s (?). Stories appear on this site fairly regularly about the lawsuits. Anti gun folks tried it decades ago as well.
Texas legislators merely went all in on it in a way that was simultaneously reprehensible in its extremity and admirable in its cleverness.
There seems to be a thing where the sides alternate in moving the limits of any given trick until the shark is jumped, or beyond, but they never come around to making peace anymore.