What is the law on shotguns?

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Can it have a sliding stock and a pistol grip?

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Depends on the state. You also have SBS limitations, but there is no specific national or Louisiana prohibition on those features.

If the barrel length is shorter than 18.5" with a Stock it's a SBS($200 stamp). If it is less than 18.5" and has a pistol grip and it is considered an AOW($5 stamp). Either way it is an NFA shotgun if the barrel length is shorter than 18.5". Barrel length is the key with a shotgun.

While we're on this subject, I don't recommend "collapsible" stocks for shotguns, unless you have a very precise, objective need for one. For that matter, I don't recommend a pistol grip, either.

IMHO, shotguns are better employed with a traditional straight stock (95% of the time), or a folding (but otherwise rigid) stock for those times where compactness is an overriding concern. There are significant recoil demands in operating a shotgun that favor a more traditional approach is my reasoning here. I think a collapsible M4-style stock is adding a unneeded complexity that will not offer the minimum necessary recoil management for most tactical and sporting applications of the platform.

But then there's this:

Black Aces has found another ATF loophole. Classified as a "firearm", so it's legal.
Not a shotgun - it's a firearm.....

https://www.blackacestactical.com/

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The DT Model exists in a legal bubble – it’s simply a “firearm” according to the ATF. It starts its life as a virgin billet machined receiver and is sold as shown: with an 8.5-inch barrel, SIG SB15 arm brace, Magpul RVG forward grip, 10-round BAT box magazine and optional folding brace extension. The receiver extension brings the overall length up to 27 inches long, critical to its classification as a firearm.

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The DT is not a SBS (short-barreled shotgun) nor is it an AOW (any other weapon).

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Built around the Black Aces Tactical hybrid pump action billet receiver, the DT is a purpose built scattergun. The gun feeds from Saiga 12 magazines and drums, making its capacity whatever you want it to be. 3 round sticks for hunting, 20 round drums for range fun. It only fires 2 ¾ shells, so you high power 3 ½ or 3 inch magnum guys are out of luck. Birdshot, buckshot, slugs, flares, less than lethal–the DT will eat them all up with out a second thought. The DT is built like a brick shite house, so you can expect this gun to function reliably for a lifetime. The biggest part of the DT’s design is its short overall length. It is built to meet a minimum length requirement of 26 inches for a PGO (pistol grip only shotgun), technically it is considered a firearm by the ATF.

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Are we going to have a new OB meme?

"DT to the FACE."

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While we're on this subject, I don't recommend "collapsible" stocks for shotguns, unless you have a very precise, objective need for one. For that matter, I don't recommend a pistol grip, either.

IMHO, shotguns are better employed with a traditional straight stock (95% of the time), or a folding (but otherwise rigid) stock for those times where compactness is an overriding concern. There are significant recoil demands in operating a shotgun that favor a more traditional approach is my reasoning here. I think a collapsible M4-style stock is adding a unneeded complexity that will not offer the minimum necessary recoil management for most tactical and sporting applications of the platform.

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This.^^^

Plus, most people have a lot more repetitions with traditional hunting/target shotguns. Mounting the gun, and getting your dominant eye aligned with the rib, is more instinctive and quicker for me with a "conventional" (non-pistol grip) stock.

Just my $.02 worth

This also is a legal shotgun. It is a "firearm".

802 Traders

You can put a pistol grip on a shotgun as long as the barrel is 18.5" or larger. Mossberg sold those from the factory. Even sold some with the water tight tube.