Do you think Gaara is stronger before or after he fought Naruto?

No I think He is stronger after he met Naruto. Because before he met Naruto, Gaara is always depend to Shukaku / Ichibi's power. And now with his will to be acknowledge by the others he can improve his own power to the limit without using the Shukaku's power. So I think Gaara is much stronger because beside his demon power he also has his own technique.

Gaara has become less ruthless, although I don't think it truly made him weaker. Perhaps even stronger since he is more in control of himself now.

gaara seems to be stronger before he knew naruto, but that's because he fights others who are less stronger or just the average type. but he loses to deidara because that akatsuki is smarter than him. if gaara finds deidara's weakness first, he could have beat him and suna still safe. but gaara never even thought of that because he was only thinking of saving the village.

i think he is of relativly the same strength. He has more will power now as he can control shukaku and the fact that he now has friends will greatly benifit him and i suppose his acknowledgement of other people probaly helped him to become Kazekage.

after because he learn to control his powers now,and he can use his thing inside alot now when fighting.

After. Gaara could kill anyone, without being scared... But now, he can use his brain very well. He can create tactics to fight against his enemies, and he is way better than before. I don't think he got weaker. The only difference is that people around him are getting stronger!

i think he is stronger after because he can now control the shukaku unlike before.