Downloading Lion installation app with a computer already running Lion?

How do you download the OS X Lion installation app from the Mac App Store with a mac running Lion already? (It shipped with Lion)

You can't download Lion from the App Store for systems that shipped with Lion pre-installed. It wasn't purchased from the App Store. You have to boot to the Recovery HD (Command + R); then redownload and install from there.
If you want to avoid the redownload and install, follow the instructions at this site to capture the InstallESD.dmg file then 'restore' that to a bootable USB thumb drive. Then you can boot from the thumb drive and run the installer without having to redownload.

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