1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Children Through Safe Gun Ownership Act . 2. Limitation on written consent to permit a juvenile to possess a handgun Section 922(x) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (7) It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian to provide written consent under paragraph (3) unless the parent or guardian has actual knowledge that the possession or use of the handgun by the juvenile will be in the presence and under the active supervision of the transferor or another adult who is not prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from possessing a firearm. . 3. Secure gun storage or safety device (a) In general Section 922(z) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Secure gun storage by owners (A) Offense (i) In general It shall be unlawful for a person to keep, leave, or store any unsecured firearm that has moved in, or that has otherwise affected, interstate or foreign commerce, unless the person carries the firearm on his or her person or within such close proximity thereto that the person can readily retrieve and use the firearm as if the person carried the firearm on his or her person. (ii) Unsecured firearm In clause (i), the term unsecured firearm means a firearm that is not secured by a secure gun storage or safety device. (B) Private right of action (i) In general An individual who is injured as a result of a violation of subparagraph (A) (or, in the case of an individual who has died as a result of such a violation, a member of the family of, or the estate of, the individual) may bring a civil action against the violator or any other person who, when the violation occurred, was in control of any premises on which the violation occurred if the violator or the person in control of the premises knew or should have known that there was an unsecured firearm on the premises, in a court of competent jurisdiction, for compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief,