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A Terry stop's officer safety search is covered within the parameters of a traffic stop. When the OP volunteered that he was armed, the cop had the legal right to disarm him. Considering that the weapon was in the same compartment as his registration, asking for the gun makes more sense. Again, this stuff has been through the courts repeatedly. The cop had every legal right to do what he did. No consent is required to temporarily disarm someone during a legal contact. And FYI, WA is a common law state. Unless there is a law prohibiting it, it's legal. No specific authorizing RCW is needed.
First the case quoted is a 4th amendment case which deals with detaining the person and searching the car without a warrant. In the case presented by OP he was pulled over for a traffic violation and was suspected of a criminal act nor did officer detain him to conduct a Terry Stop. Also your statement about common law is quite accurrate. Common law speaks to private interactions or private to government interactions; however, it does not address government to citizen interactions. I believe that absent some RCW authorizing the cop's actions it probably isn't legal; however, the bar to these cases is a statement of damages. Even if you believe your rights are being violated you have to be able to articulate damages to have an action (some civil rights issues exempt).