Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25192437-20150307225810/@comment-1458758-20150308203740

Seelentau wrote: Yeah sure, Gaara had a sand shield the second he was born, lol. ... Yes! By every reckoning, whether it was Shukaku's will or his Mother's, Gaara has always had that automatic defence, so yes, yes he did.

For crying out loud man, you're the one talking about evidence and all that, but it has literally been stated that Shukaku created the sand shield to defend Gaara from harm, so since he was Shukaku's host before he was born, then yes, he has had that defence since the moment he was born.

Even if you accept that it wasn't Shukaku, but his mother's will protecting him as more a literal sense than a metaphoric one, that's still something he's had since he was born.